Lambeth Conference

At Lambeth, Anglican Communion abandons vote on same-sex marriage

By Catherine Pepinster — August 3, 2022
CANTERBURY, England (RNS) — 'The issue of gay people and their rights is equivalent a struggle in our time to the one over race,' said Michael Curry, presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church.

Communion row over same-sex marriage overshadows Lambeth Conference opening

By Catherine Pepinster — July 29, 2022
(RNS) — Conservative bishops from the Global South refuse to receive Communion at Lambeth from supporters of same-sex marriage.

Same-sex marriage sparks divisive debate at twice-delayed Lambeth Conference

By Catherine Pepinster — July 27, 2022
(RNS) — Protests forced the archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, to revise the conference documents and to make an embarrassing, last-minute U-turn on how the talks will be conducted.

Lodging for spouses becomes Anglicans’ latest battleground over LGBT clergy

By Catherine Pepinster — April 2, 2019
LONDON (RNS) — A university that customarily offers hospitality to convening clergy is bucking the archbishop of Canterbury's attempt to ban same-sex spouses of gay and lesbian bishops.

Episcopal bishops object to same-sex spouses’ disinvitation to global conference

By Rosie Dawson — March 1, 2019
LONDON (RNS) — The archbishop's decision to exclude three same-sex spouses from North America has caused soul-searching and outrage on both sides of the Atlantic.

ANALYSIS: Anglican Communion faces troubled waters

By Bob Bettson — September 20, 2013
(RNS) Primates and bishops from the Global South attending a gathering in Toronto said current proposals for a new Anglican Communion covenant don't go far enough to heal the conflict in the communion over homosexuality.
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