Episcopal News Service has published a letter written to the House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church, USA by Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori. In this letter she reviews and comments on process related to deposition, inhibition, renunciation and resignation…
The Lead has published Williams won’t allow Robinson to function as priest in England in which it is said that: …the Archbishop of Canterbury has refused to grant Bishop Gene Robinson of New Hampshire, the right to preach or preside…
The Bishop of New Hampshire is currently in England for the UK launch of his book, In the Eye of the Storm. There has been extensive press and broadcast coverage: BBC Williams criticised by gay bishop The Hardtalk interview can…
In the Daily Telegraph George Pitcher has written an article headlined Rowan Williams will not be driven out of office which is in fact about the Manchester report. It also rather debunks most earlier reports. (And it is not written…
ENS reports Fort Worth visit an ‘unwarranted invasion,’ Presiding Bishop tells Southern Cone primate: Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has advised Southern Cone Presiding Bishop Gregory J. Venables in an April 29 letter that his planned May 2-3 visit to…
Brazilian Bishops responds to the St Andrews’s Draft of the Covenant During its last meeting in Curitiba, the House of Bishops of the Episcopal Anglican Church of Brazil generated an official response to the Anglican Covenant – St. Andrew’s Draft….
Standing in a sunlit church, the People’s Gospel Choir of Montreal begin their song with slow formality. Then the tempo picks up, the piano rumbles, and the choristers dance and clap. One woman breaks loose in a kind of frenzy, boogying to and fro with her arms swaying.
The Report of the Women Bishops Legislative Drafting Group is now available online. Unfortunately, it is provided only as a series of separate, mostly .doc files. Perhaps the situation will improve later. There is a press release which summarises the…
Following the visit of Bishop Gregory Venables to Canada, there are news reports: The Vancouver Sun had Argentine Anglican deplores infighting and also Influential evangelical theologian latest to split with Anglican Church. The Canadian Press had Dissident Anglicans look to…
The Church Times has a leader about human rights: So, how safe are human rights? This refers to the recent address by Pope Benedict to the UN General Assembly, which is here. And at Ekklesia Savi Hensman writes about Developing…