Anglican News

Two small parishes in the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia have quit the denomination over gay ordination and joined a group of dissident churches based in Northern Virginia.

THE Anglican Bishop of the Sekondi-Takoradi Diocese, Rt. Reverend John Kwamina Otto, has asked Ghanaians to have confidence in the ability of the presidential candidates of both the New Patriotic Party and the ...

Most South Africans were still in the equivalent of the biblical wilderness, Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu said on Tuesday, his 77th birthday.

No matter how one tries to spin it, the reality is that attendance has been shrinking in mainline churches for the last couple of generations.

A Protestant clergyman forced out of a Co Derry town in the 1980s for extending the hand of friendship to a Catholic priest today said he was saddened unionist politicians have rejected a bid to put the ...

Those on both sides expect the Episcopal Diocese to vote today to secede from the U.S. denomination and join an Anglican province in South America -- but with at least 17 of approximately 73 parishes choosing ...

Three theologically conservative Episcopal dioceses will soon vote whether to secede from the liberal church in a dispute over how they should interpret what the Bible says on many issues, including ...

The Anglican Bishop of the Highveld and the second most senior bishop in the South African Anglican Church hierarchy, the Right Reverend David Beetge, has died.

Couples will be able to marry in the same church as their parents or in a parish they have lived in for six months, under new Anglican marriage laws.

From "Matthew Davies" Date Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:32:34 -0400 >Episcopal Life Daily >September 29, 2008 >Episcopal Life Online is available at > http://www.episcopalchurch.org/elife . >Today's Episcopal Life ...

A SERVICE of blessing for the new Anglican and Allied Centre in Qatar was held yesterday morning at the large site in Mesaimeer, on the southern outskirts of Doha, where a number of churches are now in various ...

Monday, 29 September 2008, 2:13 pm Press Release: Anglican Church in Aotearoa For immediate release September 29, 2008 Bishop links global financial crisis to NZ election choice An Anglican Bishop believes the ...

A massive drive is under way by Anglican churches across Britain to attract tens of thousands of worshippers.

By Inmaculada lvarez LOURDES, France, SEPT. 25, 2008 .- Devotion to the Virgin Mary has an essential role in ecumenical dialogue and the journey to full and visible unity among Christians, says the president of ...

Rowan Williams broke with two long-standing Anglican taboos yesterday by becoming the first Archbishop of Canterbury officially to visit the French Catholic shrine at Lourdes and by offering at least limited ...

On the eve of the vital United Nations General Assembly meeting on Millennium Development Goals in New York, the Archbishop of Canterbury has underlined the firm commitment of the Anglican Church to continue to ...

London - The two most senior figures in the Church of England have condemned the behaviour of financial traders in the recent market turmoil, branding them as "bank robbers and asset strippers."In an article ...

AN ISLAMIC cemetery will be built in the grounds of a historic Anglican graveyard near Camden where plans for an Islamic school were rejected this year following fierce community opposition.

A vicar has carried out a church blessing of a lesbian "wedding", in defiance of Anglican rules.

Former Parish of Wakatipu vicars, from left, the Rev Fred Glover and the Rev Geoff Neilson with incumbent vicar the Rt Rev Dr David Coles presided at the 125th anniversary of the consecration of St Paul's ...