In 2010, women priests outnumbered male priests for the first time in the Church of England, reports Vatican Insider. The latest available official figures for 2010 show that 290 women were ordained in 2010, compared with just 273 men. For one of the most hotly debated topics in Church circles, this marks a historical moment. Read more
The Anglican Church in Papua New Guinea has voted to accept the Anglican Communion Covenant. Writing to the Secretary General of the decision on behalf of the House of Bishops, the Bishop of Port Moresby, the Rt Revd Peter Ramsden, said the decision was based on their understanding of the name Anglican Communion. “Anglican” was Read more
Archbishop John Hepworth, the leader of the Traditional Anglican Communion (TAC) is resigning on Pentecost Sunday in 2012. Hepworth, who claims to be the victim of rape while in a Catholic Seminary 40 years ago, said the move was prompted by “considerable dissension” within the Traditional Anglican Communion. “Profound doctrinal and moral differences have grown between us,” Read more
The agreement, earlier in the year by Commonwealth countries, to allow a monarch to marry a Catholic creates a potential conflict of interest, the British political and constitutional reform parliamentary committee said. The possibility that a further heir to the British throne were raised a Catholic, means there is an “obvious difficulty” for that person Read more
Anglicans in the United States who want to become Roman Catholic will have a formal structure to oversee the conversion starting New Year’s Day.
Catholic Cardinal Donald Wuerl announced Tuesday the equivalent of a diocese for converts who want to retain some of their Anglican heritage.
The new body will be called the Anglican Ordinariate for the United States. It follows an unprecedented invitation from Pope Benedict XVI in 2009 for Anglicans to join the Catholic Church in groups or as parishes. Formerly, converts were accepted on a case-by-case basis.
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A proposed Anglican covenant that might be used to discipline churches which ordain gay bishops and priests has been rejected by the Maori Anglican church because they felt it meant they would sign over their sovereignty. In 1994 the American Episcopal church ordained an openly gay bishop. In the face of the ensuing uproar, The Archbishop of Canterbury Read more
Controversial Anglican Archbishop John Hepworth has denied offering to drop demands for action over rape allegations against a senior Adelaide priest. Hepworth hit out at reports he was considering dropping his claim, saying there has been no change in the standoff between both parties. Archbishop Hepworth claims he was raped by the priests over a period of Read more
Tens of millions of Church of England dollars invested in Internet Service Providers (ISP) is under threat unless the ISP’s take action to curb internet pornography. Senior Church of England officials are conducting a wide-ranging review of the church’s holdings, and its Ethical Investment Advisory Group (EIAG) was considering new guidelines on porn, which addresses Read more
The Church of England cleared another legislative hurdle to appointing women bishops, but traditionalist opponents warned on Monday the move was not a foregone conclusion. Some Anglican provinces already have women bishops, including Australia, the United States and Canada, but the ordination of women and homosexuals as bishops as well as same-sex marriages remain the Read more
The Rev. Mark Lewis awoke early on the last morning of his life as an Anglican priest and dressed in a suit and tie instead of his usual priestly regalia. That’s different, he thought, for the first of many times on a day when so much was different for St. Luke’s, the small Episcopal church Read more