The academic whose research led to the discovery of King Richard III’s remains says he should be given a Roman Catholic rather than Anglican funeral. Earlier this year, skeletal remains found beneath a car park in Leicester were confirmed as King Richard’s. But since the find, a disagreement has surfaced about whether he should be Read more
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Anglican commission will study blessing same gender relationships 
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Tuesday, February 19th, 2013
A doctrinal commission will be set up to look at a theological rationale for the liturgical blessing of people in permanent, faithful same gender relationships. This “Commission on Doctrine and Theological Questions” is being convened at the instruction of General Synod Standing Committee, which met in Auckland last week. The commission will also look at Read more
New Zealand Archbishop named Anglican Church’s representative at Vatican Comments 0
Friday, December 7th, 2012
The Bishop of Waikato has been appointed as the Anglican Church’s representative to the Catholic Church. Archbishop David Moxon is currently the Bishop of Waikato, Senior Bishop of the New Zealand Dioceses and an Archbishop of the Anglican Church in New Zealand and Polynesia. He will step down from these roles in April and expects Read more
The Archbishop’s father, his secret wife, an affair with a Kennedy and defaming a Labour Cabinet Minister Comments 0
Friday, November 30th, 2012
He worked his way into the upper echelons of society on both sides of the Atlantic, using a series of adopted personas. But when he died of a heart attack in 1977, alone in a flat in Kensington, his only son – the person closest to him at the end of his life – did Read more
Anglican-Catholic dialogue considers ‘receptive ecumenism’ Comments 0
Tuesday, October 30th, 2012
The latest meeting of the Anglican Roman Catholic Conference of Aotearoa New Zealand (ARCCANZ) took “Receptive Ecumenism” as it’s theme. The Receptive ecumenism process encourages each participant to openly put forward and discuss the most serious problems they are working through. Unlike earlier Anglican-Roman Catholic dialogue which has focussed on doctrine, receptive ecumenism starts from Read more
Archbishop of Canterbury participates in NZ Anglican Council Comments 0
Tuesday, October 30th, 2012
The Archbishop of Canterbury is taking part in the largest Anglican gathering ever held in New Zealand. Dr Rowan Williams is meeting with Anglican Church leaders in Auckland during the 15th Anglican Consultative Council. It is the final international engagement for the Archbishop of Canterbury before he steps down from his role in December, and will Read more
Contenders emerge for Archbishop of Canterbury role Comments 1
Tuesday, September 18th, 2012
The bishops of London, Durham and Chelmsford are emerging as leading contenders in the race to become the next Archbishop of Canterbury. An announcement on the successor to Dr Rowan Williams, who steps down at the end of the year, is expected early next month. The Crown Nominations Commission (CNC), the committee charged with selecting Read more
Anglicans to job-share Archbishop of Canterbury role Comments 0
Tuesday, September 11th, 2012
The Anglican Church is planning to appoint a ‘presidential’ figure to oversee the day-to-day running of the Church. Dr Rowan Williams made the plans known in an interview with the Daily Telegraph, saying the ‘president’ would oversee the Anglican communion and its 77 million members, leaving the Archbishop of Canterbury free to concentrate on running Read more
Anglican Church to focus on youth Comments 0
Tuesday, August 7th, 2012
More than 150 Anglican clergy from Waiouru to Wellington have gathered at the Copthorne this week to talk about how they can better support youth. Bishop of Wellington Justin Duckworth, ordained last month, said that over the three-day conference it had become clear that the clergy needed to focus on parents and families. “As a Read more
Anglican Church in New Zealand to discuss same sex marriage Comments 0
Friday, July 13th, 2012
Same sex marriages are to be discussed by the Anglican Church, after a motion was passed at its synod in Fiji on Wednesday. About 160 church members are attending the meeting, where the Reverend Glynn Cardy put forward a motion asking the church to have a conversation about the nature of marriage, and how it Read more
