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IN ITS ANNUAL LIST detailing countries of concern when it comes to persecution of Christians, the watchdog organization Open Doors International highl...
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SPEAKING at Mere Anglicanism, a conference sponsored by a diocese that ordains women to the priesthood, priest and conservative firebrand Calvin Robin...
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VATICAN CITY (AP) – In the greatest rebuke yet to Pope Francis, the Catholic bishops of Africa and Madagascar issued a unified statement on Jan. 11 refusing to follow his declaration allowing priests to offer blessings to same-sex couples and asserting that such unions are “contrary to the will of God.”
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AFTER MANY HOURS of intense debate, the Church of England’s General Synod on Nov. 15 narrowly approved a proposal by its bishops to allow clergy to bless same-sex relationships. The motion, which was strongly endorsed by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York and most other senior bishops, passed 23-10 among the bishops, 100-93 in the House of Clergy, and 104-100 in the House of Laity.
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THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND Evangelical Council (CEEC) will offer alternative spiritual episcopal ministry for clergy and congregations that oppose the introduction of blessings for same-sex couples.
SOME CANADIAN Anglicans were heartened to learn that a priest that they felt had been unfairly treated by the Anglican Church of Canada has been voted the bishop-elect of Cascadia, a diocese in the An...
There have been many statements issued concerning the Israeli-Hamas war. We think this one from the Church of England’s House of Bishops offers particular moral clarity, especially in its openin...
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AN ALLEGATION of blasphemy against two Christians in Pakistan has sparked a wave of sectarian attacks on churches and Christian communities
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TWO women who were forced to parade naked through the streets and were allegedly gang-raped by a mob in Manipur, India were members of a Presbyterian church in the region
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Bishop Azad Marshall visited the churches and Christian communities who were violently attacked in Jaranwala. He called for an end to Judicial Apartheid through fair and equal application of laws betw...
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A NIGERIAN-BORN BISHOP who spent almost a decade as an Anglican priest in Canada before becoming a bishop in the United States has reversed his decision of three years ago and changed his diocese&rsqu...
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FEWER THAN half the people in England and Wales consider themselves Christian, according to the most recent census – the first time only a minority of the population has followed the country&rsq...
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WHEN HE WAS only five years old, young Joseph Ratzinger longed to become a cardinal – a dream he eventually realized. But when he was eligible to be elected pope, the elderly cardinal only wante...
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AN INTERNATIONAL conference of Anglican leaders, deeply troubled by the Church of England’s blessing of same-sex unions, have rejected the four governing structures that currently hold the Angli...
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WHY have a coronation when one already has a monarch? After all, a British sovereign ascends to the throne immediately upon the death of his predecessor. Prince Charles became King Charles the moment...
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(Staff) CHURCH OF ENGLAND bishops have refused to back a change in teaching to allow priests to marry same-sex couples
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(RNS) – NEARLY 400 Orthodox Christian theologians from 44 countries convened in the largest international conference of its kind in Volos, Greece on Jan. 12 to discuss huge questions facing the...
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THE INVESTMENT body for the Church of England has disclosed evidence of slave trading in its history, and has pledged £100 million (almost $164 million CAD) to a program of “impact investm...
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