Anglican Communion
It’s no longer Sunday best for the Church of England
By Catherine Pepinster — July 14, 2017
LONDON (RNS) — But will they convince young people it’s a 21st-century institution they want to join?
What Jeffrey John’s rejection says about unity in the Anglican Communion
By Catherine Pepinster — April 17, 2017
LONDON (RNS) John has been rejected as a candidate for bishop a remarkable seven times. It is more than a personal blow. It is about the worldwide Anglican Communion's lingering division over homosexuality.
Pope, Anglican leader vow joint action on poverty and environment
By David Gibson — October 5, 2016
ROME (Reuters) The pledge at a vespers prayer service came despite challenges to greater unity posed by differences over women priests and gay marriage.
Canada’s Anglican Church provisionally approves same-sex marriage ceremonies
By Ron Csillag — July 13, 2016
TORONTO (RNS) If it passes a second reading, the Canadian church will join the Episcopal Church, which formally approved marriage ceremonies regardless of gender in 2015.
Archbishop of Canterbury to open home to Syrian refugee family next month
By RNS staff — July 6, 2016
LONDON — The welcoming of a refugee family onto the archbishop's estate comes 11 months after Prime Minister David Cameron pledged to offer asylum to 20,000 Syrians.
Anglican leader in Iraq suspended in ISIS funding inquiry
By Timothy C. Morgan — June 23, 2016
(RNS) “We never gave the bad guys one penny,” the Rev. Andrew White, the acclaimed "Vicar of Baghdad," said in denying charges that money used to redeem sex slaves ended up in the hands of the Islamic State group.
Scottish Episcopal Church takes first step towards gay marriage
By Yonat Shimron — June 10, 2016
CANTERBURY, England (RNS) The first gay weddings could take place in or soon after June 2017, if a second reading passes at next year's General Synod.
Archbishop: Anti-Semitism is ‘embedded’ in British culture
By Jerome Socolovsky — May 20, 2016
CANTERBURY, England (RNS) Justin Welby said he was "not looking at any political party," but his comments follow anti-Semitic comments by Labour Party members.
Welby praised for ‘honesty’ over paternity shocker
By Trevor Grundy — April 10, 2016
CANTERBURY, England (RNS) The stunning news that the Anglican leader's biological father was not his mother’s husband may bring the elite-educated primate closer to the people.
Anglican leader learns his father was Churchill’s secretary
By Reuters — April 8, 2016
LONDON -- Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby finds out as a result of DNA tests that he was conceived as a result of an alcohol-fueled extramarital liaison his mother had.
African bishops to boycott meeting of Anglican council over Episcopal Church attendance
By Fredrick Nzwili — March 10, 2016
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) Anglicans in Kenya are the latest to boycott the meeting, following Uganda and Nigeria.
South Africa’s Anglican bishops move toward gay inclusion
By Fredrick Nzwili — February 23, 2016
(RNS) If the Provincial Synod adopts the resolution, the South African church will be the first African province of the Anglican Communion to welcome gays and lesbians as full members, though it will still bar gay marriages.
Episcopal church leader calls Anglican censure ‘fair’
By Adelle M. Banks — February 8, 2016
WASHINGTON (RNS) Curry said the January primates’ meeting allowed both parties to express their differences and yet find a way to still remain together.
Why the Anglican-Episcopal clash may spell a theological revision (COMMENTARY)
By Jacob Lupfer — January 22, 2016
(RNS) The censure of the Episcopal Church raises vital questions about whether divergent teachings on marriage and sexuality constitute minor differences of interpretation or major theological revisions.
Episcopal Church suspended from full participation in Anglican Communion
By Kimberly Winston — January 14, 2016
(RNS) The vote by Anglican Communion primates to demote the Episcopal Church may have been led by more conservative African Anglican bishops.
