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Anglican Church stories: 20 news summaries

 Anglican Deal May Lead 
 to Married Priests 

Vatican's gesture
cracks door to
ending celibacy

Oct 22, 09 4:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Vatican's attempts to heal the centuries-old rift with the Anglican Church may have a consequence nobody intended: an end to celibacy for priests. By offering a new Anglican rite under the umbrella of Catholicism, Pope Benedict XVI has invited married Anglican clergy into the fold—and cracked open... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • Anglican Church • Vatican • Orthodox Christianity • priest • Catholic priest

 Catholic Church Welcomes 
 Disgruntled Anglicans 

Extends a hand to those unhappy with gay bishops, ordained women

Oct 20, 09 8:42 AM CDT
(AP) - Pope Benedict XVI has created a new church structure for Anglicans who want to join the Catholic Church, responding to the disillusionment of some Anglicans over the ordination of women and the election of openly gay bishops. The new provision will allow Anglicans to join the Catholic Church while maintaining... More »

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gay rights • Pope Benedict XVI • gay marriage • Catholic Church • Anglican Church • interfaith dialogue • orthodoxy • Roman Catholic Church

(Newser) - With more than two in five British children born out of wedlock, the Anglican Church is introducing a new liturgical twofer—a combination wedding and baptism. The so-called "hatch and match" service is designed to encourage marriage, and senior bishops insist that the Church is not changing its teachings.... More »

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marriage • Anglican Church • wedding • Church of England • wedlock • baptism

Episcopal Church Lifts
Ban on Gay Bishops

Deeper rift with conservatives looms

Jul 15, 09 5:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Leaders of the Episcopal Church voted overwhelmingly yesterday to allow the ordination of gay and lesbian bishops, risking further fissures with conservative parishes and the Anglican Communion. The new policy reverses a 2006 compromise that prohibited the consecration of homosexual clergy, in line with other Anglican churches. Episcopalians will vote... More »

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Episcopal Church • Anglican Church • Gene Robinson • Christian conservatives • Episcopalian • clergy • bishop • homosexual clergy • gay

Gay Bishop, Obama Discuss Dangers of Being 'First'

Obama camp sought out Robinson three times

Nov 6, 08 4:02 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama had three private conversations with the Episcopal Church’s only openly gay bishop during the campaign to discuss what it meant to be "first," the Times of London reports. “The first words out of his mouth were: ‘Well you’re certainly causing a lot... More »

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Barack Obama • gay rights • Episcopal Church • Anglican Church • Gene Robinson • Obama 2008 • President Obama

Heckler Halts Gay Bishop's London Sermon

Episcopal rift over homosexuality roils upcoming conference

Jul 14, 08 10:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - He was uninvited to the Anglican Church's big, once-a-decade Lambeth Conference next week, but New Hampshire’s gay Episcopal bishop decided cheerfully to go anyway, to be a “constant and friendly reminder” of gays in the sect. Not so cheerful was the heckler who interrupted his sermon in London... More »

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Episcopal Church • Anglican Church • religion • protests • Gene Robinson • Archbishop of Canterbury • bishop • hecklers

Anglican Church Votes for Women Bishops

Church of England risks schism over issue

Jul 8, 08 4:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Church of England, already buffeted by worldwide Anglican battles over gay clergy, is heading for a showdown after a bitter debate over women bishops. The General Synod yesterday voted in London to support ordaining women bishops—and struck down any compromise that would have appeased traditionalists opposed to women... More »

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Anglican Church • Archbishop of Canterbury • laity • Church of England • Lambeth Conference • General Synod • Bishop of Winchester • Bishop of Dover • Archbishop of York • Bishop of Durham

Conservatives Break With Anglican Church

Debate over homosexuality leads to schism 'in all but name'

Jun 30, 08 10:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Traditionalist Anglican bishops, most of them representing the developing world, have broken away from the Anglican communion and formed their own global church. Galvanized by the consecration of Gene Robinson, the openly gay bishop of New Hampshire, the disgruntled clergymen have formed the Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans, which rejects the... More »

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Episcopal Church • Anglican Church • religion • Gene Robinson • Archbishop of Canterbury • homosexual clergy

 Anglicans Move Closer to Split 

'No longer any hope ... for a unified Communion,' says faction disapproving of gays

Jun 19, 08 8:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Scores of Anglican bishops are boycotting the church's once-a-decade conference next month in favor of a conservative counter-meeting, the New York Times reports. The rival gathering, beginning Sunday in Jerusalem, results from a serious division in the denomination over homosexuality—and could be another step toward an irreparable break in... More »

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 Gay Episcopal
 Bish Weds Partner 

Civil union in church with 20-year partner

Jun 9, 08 6:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - New Hampshire's openly gay Episcopal bishop has tied the knot with his longtime partner in a civil union. Undercover police were among the 120 guests at the private ceremony in case of trouble, reports the Concord Monitor. The civil ceremony by a justice uniting Bishop Gene Robinson and his partner... More »

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gay marriage • New Hampshire • Episcopal Church • Anglican Church • Mark Andrew • Gene Robinson • civil union • Anglican church conference • Lambeth Conference

Aussie Anglican Won't Make Nice for Papal Visit

Cleric has no beef
with controversial government funding

May 26, 08 1:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - An influential Anglican cleric won’t be welcoming Pope Benedict to Australia with open arms. But the outspoken dean of Sydney, whose brother is the city's archbishop, says he has no trouble with the public funding that's going toward the pontiff's July visit. Phillip Jensen says he won’t be... More »

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Zimbabwe Police Wage War on Anglican Church

Services broken up for three Sundays straight

May 16, 08 12:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Zimbabwe riot police stormed an Anglican service this week, swinging batons to clear the pews, even striking a grandmother who bent to retrieve a fallen Bible. It wasn’t the first time, the New York Times reports. For three straight Sundays, Zimbabwe’s rulers have sent police to break... More »

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Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Anglican Church • Anglican • religious persecution • Zimbabwe elections • Zanu-PF

British Cleric to Pope: Party On!

Archbishop of York knows Bavarian pontiff likes brew

Jan 29, 08 1:14 PM CST
(Newser) - An Anglican archbishop from the land of Monty Python brought Pope Benedict a hoppy Holy Grail this month, reports the Guardian. Archbishop of York John Sentamu had heard that Benedict liked Black Sheep, so he brought along the British ale and a custom brew dubbed Holy Grail to his... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • Anglican Church • beer • Vatican • Yorkshire • John Sentamu

Conservative Anglicans Plan Splinter Summit

US bishop blasts gay clergy cover-ups

Jan 1, 08 7:05 PM CST
(Newser) - Widening the Anglican gay divide, conservative leaders unveiled plans today for a summit to challenge the traditional Lambeth conference this summer, the Guardian reports. Planners of the Global Anglican Future Conference wrote on their website that Anglicans are "divided into liberal and conservative factions" and will likely splinter over... More »

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New Hampshire • gay priests • Anglican Church • Jerusalem • church • Archbishop of Canterbury • Church of England

Catholics Now No. 1 in Britain

Anglicans second to Catholicism for first time in 400 years

Dec 23, 07 12:47 PM CST
(Newser) - For the first time in 400 years, Catholicism has more adherents than the Church of England in Great Britain, the Sunday Telegraph reports. Immigrants from Eastern Europe and Africa have filled the pews of Catholic churches, while attendance at Anglican Sunday services has dipped 20% since 2000, according to a... More »

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Catholic Church • Anglican Church • England • religion • God • Vatican • British • worshippers • Catholicism • Britain • prayer • Anglican • Catholic • Church of England • Bishop of Portsmouth

Chicago Episcopalians
Pass on
Lesbian Bishop

But new bish calls for 'full inclusion' of gays

Nov 11, 07 3:43 PM CST
(Newser) - Chicago’s Episcopal Diocese today passed up lesbian Tracey Lind for its bishop post, instead electing popular Midwest-native Jeffrey Lee. But Lee is a firm supporter of gay inclusion, much to conservatives’ chagrin. “I believe God is calling us to full inclusion of gays and lesbians in ministry of... More »

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Blair to Convert to Catholicism

Long-rumored move expected in next few weeks

Nov 10, 07 2:36 PM CST
(Newser) - Tony Blair will officially become a Catholic in the next few weeks, a Catholic newspaper says, after years of signing off on Anglican appointments as prime minister. The conversion isn't a shock—Blair often attended Mass with his Catholic wife and child. But the Church of England’s official status,... More »

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Tony Blair • Catholic Church • Anglican Church • England • religion

Episcopalians Affirm Gay Rights Stand

But pledge 'restraint'
in naming gay bishops  to avoid schism

Sep 26, 07 10:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Episcopal leaders wrapping up their meeting in New Orleans yesterday pledged to “exercise restraint” in selecting gay bishops and blessing same-sex marriages, but declined to disavow either practice. The move was designed to appease Anglicans, who sought a ban. “This is a ‘try to keep your foot... More »

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gay rights • Episcopal Church • gay priests • Anglican Church • Anglican • Episcopalian

Blair to Convert to Catholicism

Being Anglican was politically expedient, but the PM's been drawn to the Roman church for 30 years

Jun 22, 07 5:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tony Blair is about to become a Roman Catholic, the Guardian reports. His wife is a practicing Catholic, his children were raised in the faith, and the PM has attended mass with them often. But political considerations have kept him officially Anglican all these years. With his last day in... More »

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Tony Blair • Catholic Church • Anglican Church • religion • Catholicism

Desmond Tutu to Anglicans: Get Over It

Church should attend to AIDS, corruption, Darfur—not gay priests

May 28, 07 9:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nobel peace laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu called on Africa's Anglican church to let go of what he called its "extraordinary obsession" with gay priests and same-sex marriage.  The church should, instead, be paying attention to the crises caused by AIDS, Darfur and Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe's corruption.  More »

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Africa • Robert Mugabe • gay marriage • AIDS • Anglican Church • religion • Desmond Tutu • homosexuality

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