>Church of England says no to female bishops
LONDON (AP) — The Church of England's governing body on Tuesday narrowly blocked a move to permit women to serve as bishops, leaving the church facing more years of contentious debate. Following a...
View ArticleNew Anglican head mixes conflict role, business skill
* New Archbishop of Canterbury is conflict negotiator * Skills crucial to moderate Anglican gay rights rows * Oil career informs critical views on banks' ethics By Tom Heneghan, Religion Editor PARIS,...
View ArticleConflict negotiator is new leader of the Anglican church
Rowan Williams once said the next Archbishop of Canterbury, spiritual leader of the fractious Anglican wing of world Christianity, needs “the constitution of an ox and the skin of a rhinoceros”. He...
View ArticleSC diocese meets after break with national church
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina is holding a convention to chart a future course after its split...
View ArticleChurch Of England Votes No To Women Bishops
Posted: November 20, 2012 LONDON — Despite support of the outgoing and incoming Archbishops of Canterbury, Reuters reports the Church of England failed to approved canonical legislation that would...
View ArticleNext archbishop of Canterbury announcement Friday
LONDON (AP) — The next archbishop of Canterbury will be officially introduced Friday, with the expectation that the new leader of the world's Anglicans will be former oil company executive Jason...
View ArticleFormer Oil Executive Appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
LONDON -- Bishop Justin Welby, the new archbishop of Canterbury and spiritual head of the world's estimated 77 million Anglicans, pledged Friday to seek reconciliation in some of the most contentious...
View ArticleClergy meet; national bishop writes SC diocese
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Clergy and delegates from one of the oldest Episcopal dioceses in the nation meet this weekend in Charleston...
View ArticleMy Take: Vote on female bishops flawed
Editor's note: Danielle Elizabeth Tumminio is an ordained Episcopal Church priest and author of "God and Harry Potter at Yale: Teaching Faith and Fantasy Fiction in an Ivy League Classroom." By...
View ArticleChurch of England Rejects Appointing Female Bishops
LONDON — A Church of England synod on Tuesday voted against the appointment of women as bishops, rejecting a change that has been debated intensely and often bitterly for the past decade. Enlarge This...
View ArticleBritish Bishop Justin Welby expected to be Archbishop of Canterbury
Bishop of Durham Justin Welby, a former oil company executive, is pegged to become Archbishop of Canterbury. LONDON — If Britain's media and its famous bookies are right, the man in line to be the...
View ArticleBritish bishop expected to be named archbishop of Canterbury - Wire Religion...
LONDON -- If Britain's media and its famous bookies are right, the man in line to be the next archbishop of Canterbury is a smart but self-deprecating former oil executive who has said he doesn't want...
View ArticleBritish bishop expected to be named archbishop of Canterbury
LONDON -- If Britain's media and its famous bookies are right, the man in line to be the next archbishop of Canterbury is a smart but self-deprecating former oil executive who has said he doesn't want...
View ArticleHas the Anglican Communion decided against a sharp right turn?
Related topics Christianity Advertisement They may have. Although the Episcopal Church in the United States of America (ECUSA) is an independent body, as are all the branches of the Anglican Communion...
View ArticleChurch of England Rejects Women Bishops In Vote
LONDON, Nov 20 (Reuters) - The Church of England voted on Tuesday against allowing women bishops after it failed to win the support of enough lay members for the reform, leaving the Church facing more...
View ArticleChurch of England says no to female bishops
LONDON (AP) — The Church of England's governing body on Tuesday narrowly blocked a move to permit women to serve as bishops, leaving the church facing more years of contentious debate. Following a...
View ArticleWelby named 105th Archbishop of Canterbury
| The world's 77 million million Anglicans, including American Episcopalians, have a new leader with today's selection of Bishop Justin Welby of Durham as the 105th Archbishop of Canterbury. Welby,...
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Church of England’s leader says failure to approve female bishops requires explanation LONDON — The Church of England has much explaining to do following its failure to vote to allow women to serve as...
View ArticleArchbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby: World reaction
Anglicans around the world have been responding to the appointment of the Right Reverend Justin Welby as the next Archbishop of Canterbury. The 56-year-old Bishop of Durham replaces Rowan Williams,...
View ArticleFemale bishops: history awaits at CofE General Synod vote
Of the 44 Church of England dioceses, 42 have already voted in favour of allowing women to become bishops Canon Rosie Harper, watched by the Archbishop of Canterbury, speaks during discussions about...
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