New Zealand Anglican Archbishop, David Moxon, says there seem to be many obstacles to fully visible Anglican Catholic union and it is unlikely to be achieved in the near future. He is the co-chairperson of the Anglican-Catholic International Commission (ARCIC) and was speaking at the Commission’s meeting in Hong Kong last week. “We can, however, Read more
Maybe the election of the Bishop Justin Duckworth as bishop of Wellington says much more about the grey heads ‘hungry for Justin’ than it does about the Rev’d Duckworth. For no individual, whatever their dream or commitment to a better world has been able to significantly change an institution, and it’s not for want of trying. Organisations have a Read more
Wellington has a new Anglican bishop. He is Justin Duckworth. He maybe considered by some as an unlikely-looking person for the job. Dreadlocked and often barefoot and in shorts, he may not look like a typical church leader – but the Diocese of Wellington has spoken with its votes. The 44-year-old, who has been involved Read more
In a public letter, the influential members of the Anglican Church claimed that “God’s grace” was at work in allowing same – sex couples to marry. The group, including members of the General Synod, the CoE’s governing body, dismissed “mistaken” impressions that church leaders were “universally opposed to an extension of civil marriage”. Instead, they Read more
On Wednesday, the 26-strong choir of St James the Great will sing for the congregation as they have always done during Holy Week.
But this week they will do so a mile down the road in St Anne’s Roman Catholic church, their new home.
Led by Fr Ian Grieves, the priest at St James in Darlington for 23 years, 58 parishioners will formally join the Ordinariate, the body set up by the Pope for disaffected Anglicans.
They are not alone: this week across England, 200 Anglican worshippers and 20 clergy will cross over to Rome.
Many are frustrated by the Church of England’s move to appoint women bishops.
Read the article...Church of England takes uprecedented step of advertising for position following Dr Rowan Williams’ decision to step down.
If you are looking for more responsibility and influence in your next job then an advertisement published by the Church of England this weekend may just catch your eye – for the post of Archbishop of Canterbury.
The church has for the first time decided to advertise for the job, following the decision last week of Dr Rowan Williams to step down.
The job spec, published in the Church Times and the Church of England newspaper under the heading ‘Vacancy in the See of Canterbury’, states that “submissions will be gratefully received”.
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The death in Auckland on Thursday of a senior Anglican Priest and Child Advocate, the Venerable Dr Hone Kaa B.A., M.A.(hons), D.Min. (EDS), after a short battle with cancer, has been greeted with sadness from all sides. Over 50 years Dr Kaa had an extensive career that included parish ministry, broadcasting, local and international activism, teaching Read more
A proposed “Covenant” aimed at ensuring unity across the worldwide Anglican Communion appears to have failed, leaving the world’s third-largest Christian body facing an uncertain and likely fragmented future.
The covenant, born of an idea in 2004 to try to set boundaries in belief and practice for the Communion’s 40 members churches, appears dead after a majority of dioceses within the Church of England voted to reject it.
With results still being counted, supporters of the Covenant effectively lost their battle within the Church of England when the Diocese of Lincoln cast the 23rd vote against it last week.
“The covenant is either buried or disabled,” said Simon Barrow, co-director of the independent British think tank Ekklesia, in the aftermath of the decision.
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More Church of England diocesan synods are voting against the Anglican Covenant. After last weekend the vote stands 20-12 against the “Anglican Covenant”. There are 12 more dioceses to meet and vote. If two more vote against the “Covenant” then it cannot be presented again at General Synod.
Whatever now happens, there is no way that anyone can say that the “Anglican Covenant” is regarded in the Church of England as some sort of consensus document. Even if the necessary majority is now found, and the Church of England General Synod passes the “Anglican Covenant” as a leaving present for Archbishop Rowan, the document clearly does not have the clout that its backers must realise that it needs.
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The Archbishop of Canterbury has announced his resignation. Dr Rowan Williams says he will quit at the end of the year to return to academic life. He has accepted a position as Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge University. Hinting at the pressures of the job, he said he hoped his successor would have ‘the constitution of Read more