Child sexual abuse survivors have accused the Church of England of “acting like Pontius Pilate”. The accusations come as a previously unseen document revealed that bishops were explicitly instructed only to give partial apologies to victims – if at all. The partial apologes were a mechanism to avoid being sued. The Telegraph newspaper says legal advice marked Read more
A Nelson nurse who helped spread a revolutionary approach to healing across the world nearly 20 years ago is still dedicating her life to the cause. Elaine Tyrrell has the honour of receiving The Queen’s Service Medal for her services to health. As the first Anglican parish nurse in New Zealand, Tyrrell turned her nursing Read more
Catholic and Anglican theologians have been meeting near Rome to discuss ordination rites in the two communions. The members of the Malines Conversation group also considered the ecumenical implications of Pope Francis’s recent document Amoris Laetitia. A communique issued after the encounter said the theologians from seven different countries discussed “contemporary and historic ordination rites”. Read more
Blessings for same-sex marriages could be permitted in the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia if a new proposal is adopted by its General Synod. After a debate at the Synod in 2014, a working group was established to find a way for opponents and supporters of same-sex marriage to co-exist in the Read more
New rules have been made for the way the Methodist, Anglican and Catholic Churches in New Zealand work towards Christian unity. Cardinal John Dew attended the Forum for National Dialogue for Christian Unity, where the rules were formally accepted. A celebration of prayer followed afterwards. Continue reading
The Right Reverend George Takeli is the new Archbishop elect of the Anglican Church of Melanesia. Takeli is currently the bishop of the Diocese of Temotu province. His appointment as Archbishop was made by the Provincial Electoral Board of the Anglican Church of Melanesia. The provincial Electoral Board was made up of Bishops, clergy and Read more
A recently build Seventh Day Adventist Church on Anuta Island, in the Temotu Province of Solomon Islands, has been demolished by angry locals. According to Pastor Irving Vagha, who holds the portfolios of Adventist Volunteer Services and Global Mission for SIM, Anuta’s Anglican priest together with a large group of supporters demolished the church. Anuta Read more
The majority of the members of Pastor Michael Hewat West Hamilton Community Church were originally from the West Hamilton Anglican Parish on Rifle Range Rd. Hewat forfeited his licence 12 months ago, when he refused to submit to the church hierarchy in a move to allow gay marriage. When he left the church, his congregation, Read more
Make no mistake: converting to Catholicism as an adult after growing up in the Anglican Church is quite a culture shock. It didn’t take me long to discover how the two world views collide at the mention of just one word: Confession. Picture me not so very long ago on the naughty step at Westminster Read more
New Zealand’s Anglican and Catholic have asked the Government for more transparency about the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) currently under negotiation. This is so New Zealanders can better evaluate the trade deal’s implications, the bishops stated. The bishops acknowledge the right and duty of any New Zealand Government to promote the nation’s trading opportunities. And they are Read more