[ACNS] The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has responded to the final declaration of the Global Anglican Future Conference with the following statement.
Some articles written before the release of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s response to the GAFCON statement Andrew Brown in the Guardian Meet the Focas Joanna Corrigan and Martin Beckford in the Telegraph Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, sidelined by…
The following press release from Lambeth Palace was issued at 1641 BST today. Press release from Lambeth Palace For immediate use Monday 30th June 2008 Archbishop responds to GAFCON statement The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has responded to…
Updated to add second Riazat Butt article Some more news items from around the world Riazat Butt in The Guardian Conservative Anglicans form global network Riazat Butt and Toni O’Loughlin in The Guardian Conservative Anglicans form breakaway church in revolution…
Updated to include four Church Times blog entries The final statement (as approved rather than leaked) is now available on the GAFCON website. Statement on the Global Anglican Future. For the convenience of our readers we have copied the statement…
Two more reports on the Church Times blog from Paul Handley in Jerusalem. GAFCON: Galilee The miracle of GAFCON Robert Pigott of the BBC reports from Jerusalem that Anglican rift is about more than sex….
These sites are carrying the text of the final statement from GAFCON. Fulcrum Episcopal Café StandFirm The StandFirm version refers to a correction that the other two sites do not have at present. Update It is also here. TitusOneNine This…
A trial court in Virginia has given a ruling in favour of parishes in Virginia that argued they could leave the US Episcopal Church and retain their property. Note that there are still two more levels of court in Virginia…
Giles Fraser in the Church Times Family love is a model of injustice Robert O’Neill asks in The Guardian Do we need a global Anglican communion?. His answer is a resounding and heartfelt “yes”. Rabbi Elizabeth Tikvah Sarah in a…
More from Jerusalem Riazat Butt in The Guardian At Gafcon, who calls the shots? subtitled “White conservative Anglican clergy are beginning to pull the strings, squeezing their African brothers out of the picture” Damian Thompson in the Telegraph There is…