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Dissident Anglicans across Canada can part company with their church, but they may have to reconsider plans to take their buildings with them after a ruling by the B.C...They placed themselves under the oversight of a conservative bishop in Central America.
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A gay witch hunt in Uganda Why are the English archbishops silent over Uganda's grotesque anti-homosexuality bill? A bill currently before the Ugandan parliament (pdf) proposes seven year prison sentences for discussing homosexuality; life imprisonment...
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Anglicans who want to join the Catholic Church, especially for dedicated pastoral clergy with great gifts and loyal congregations that will collapse if their clergy leave. "What's especially difficult is they live in parishes and are very attached to...
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The Anglican Church in Bendigo will ordain seven people, including four women, as priests this weekend. It was to use a local Catholic church because the city's Anglican cathedral was declared structurally unsafe earlier this year. But Anglican Bishop...
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Vatican announced the new structure, aimed at traditionalist Anglicans who are uncomfortable with the Anglican Church's ordination of female and gay clergy. This month, the Vatican issued a document outlining the new structure, which will allow Anglicans...
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The archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams , took the highly unusual step yesterday of protesting personally to the pope about his shock announcement last month of special arrangements for the mass conversion to Catholicism of disillusioned, traditionalist...
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Pope Benedict XVI will today greet Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury and leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion, for the first time since the Vatican announced the creation of a canonical structure to receive groups of Anglican converts...
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Dr. Rowan Williams , the archbishop of Canterbury, said Thursday the Roman Catholic Church's plan regarding disaffected Anglicans was insufficient. The Church of England official said at Gregorian Pontifical University in Rome the papal decree allowing...
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Pope Benedict opens new front in battle for the soul of two churches The pope's offer to Church of England members to switch to the Vatican was ill thought-out and could signal a struggle for the soul of both churches Pope Benedict XVI has reached out...
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Britain are being told not to shake hands, share communion wine or use holy water for blessings and baptisms in a bid to halt the spread of swine flu among their congregations. "People must understand that it's something that can be dealt with, that...