[Church of England] The Church of England has published new legislative proposals to enable women to become bishops which will be debated by the General Synod in July. This will be the first occasion that synod members have met since November 2012, when the previous legislation narrowly failed to secure the requisite majority in all [...]
Anglican Health Network communiqué
| May 21, 2013 Leave a Comment |
[Anglican Communion News Service] A major conference on the relationship between Faith, Health and Healing was held in Birmingham, England, at the end of April under the auspices of the Anglican Health Network. Provinces were invited to send representatives to the conference and to an AHN provincial representatives’ meeting immediately following. Those who gathered for [...]
Three thousand attend enthronement of Tanzania’s new primate
Archbishop of Canterbury honored at his fellow primate’s installation
| May 20, 2013 Leave a Comment |
[Anglican Communion News Service] About 3,000 people from Tanzania, other parts of Africa and beyond gathered at Dodoma’s Cathedral of the Holy Spirit on Saturday (May 18) for the installation of the Anglican Church of Tanzania’s new Primate. The enthronement of Bishop of Mpwapwa Jacob Erasto Chimeledya was described by one church worker as “like [...]
‘Care for electorate,’ Zambian bishop urges politicians
| May 15, 2013 Leave a Comment |
[Anglican Communion News Service] Bishop William Mchombo of the Anglican Diocese of Eastern Zambia has challenged Zambian politicians to stop practicing “politics of the belly if they genuinely care for the electorate.” The bishop made the call during the 10th Synod of the Diocese of Eastern Zambia held May 2-5 at St. Luke’s Cathedral in [...]
Former Melanesian Archbishop Ellison Pogo dies
| May 14, 2013 1 Comment |
[Anglican Taonga] Sir Ellison Pogo, former archbishop of the Anglican Church in Melanesia, died May 13 at his home in Honiara of lymphoma, which had been diagnosed while he was in Auckland during last October’s Anglican Consultative Council meeting. Pogo was archbishop of Melanesia and bishop of Central Melanesia from 1994 until December 2008, and [...]
New Zealand court hears discrimination charge against bishop
| May 8, 2013 3 Comments |
[Anglican Taonga] Testimony before the New Zealand Human Rights Review Tribunal is due to end this week over a charge that Bishop of Auckland Ross Bay has discriminated against a gay man who wants to become a priest. Eugene Sisneros, an events coordinator at St. Matthew-in-the-City, was refused entry to the diocesan ordination training program [...]
Communiqué: Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission
| May 8, 2013 Leave a Comment |
[Anglican Communion News Service] The Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission, the official body appointed by the two Communions to engage in theological dialogue, has held the third meeting of its new phase (ARCIC III), at the Mosteiro de Sao Bento, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, (29 April–7 May 2013). This is the first time in its forty [...]
Primate to lead South Sudan national reconciliation process
| May 8, 2013 Leave a Comment |
[Anglican Communion News Service] The president of South Sudan has appointed the archbishop of the Episcopal Church of Sudan to chair the national reconciliation committee “trying to heal the mental wounds”’ in the world’s newest nation after 40 years of war. Archbishop Daniel Deng Bul was appointed by Salva Kiir, who was facing many questions from the [...]
New Zealand: Christchurch Cathedral crowned by color
| May 8, 2013 Leave a Comment |
[Anglican Taonga] Christchurch’s Transitional Cathedral is being given a colorful new outlook on the city. The “trinity window,” crowning the main entrance facing Latimer Square, features images from the Rose Window in the quake-damaged cathedral. Made up of triangular glass panels, the great window should be complete within days. Bishop Victoria Matthews is excited by the [...]
Canada: Niagara bishop sues blogger for defamation
| May 7, 2013 4 Comments |
[Anglican Journal] Bishop Michael Bird of the Diocese of Niagara has filed a defamation lawsuit with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice against blogger David Jenkins. The suit alleges that, in his blog Anglican Samizdat, Jenkins has published comments about Bird that were injurious to his “credit, character and reputation…in his office as spiritual leader [...]
