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Archbishop of Canterbury says, Lambeth Conference to go ahead as planned

Archbishop of Canterbury says, Lambeth Conference to go ahead as planned

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams, considered cancelling the 2008 Lambeth Conference of the world's Anglican bishops due to the sexuality debates roiling the church, but decided against it.

18 April 2007

Presiding Bishop's Easter message affirms 'new life out of death

Presiding Bishop's Easter message affirms 'new life out of death

New life out of death: a message for Easter by the Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori

10 April 2007

Powerful earthquake triggers a tsunami in the Solomon Islands

Powerful earthquake triggers a tsunami in the Solomon Islands

An earthquake measuring 8.1 struck 345km northwest of the Solomon Islands' capital Honiara at 07:40 local time Monday (20:40 GMT Sunday). The powerful earthquake caused a tsunami and there have been reports of damage and death in the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea.

03 April 2007

EDS Announces 2007 Honorary degree recipients

EDS Announces 2007 Honorary degree recipients

Episcopal Divinity School announces its 2007 Commencement Ceremony on May 17, 2007 at the First Church in Cambridge, Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, at 2:00 pm. 

29 March 2007

Canadian Anglican Theological Commission clarifies provenance of same-sex blessings resolutions

Canadian Anglican Theological Commission clarifies provenance of same-sex blessings resolutions

The Primate's Theological Commission, a group appointed by the Anglican Primate to consult on theological matters, has released a clarification concerning resolutions on the blessing of same-sex unions approved earlier this month by the church's governing council.

29 March 2007

Open Letter to the President of the House of Deputies - Ms. Bonnie Anderson of ECUSA

Open Letter to the President of the House of Deputies - Ms. Bonnie Anderson of ECUSA

Peace! It is a privilege to me to write to you as your colleague. I am the President of the House of Clergy and Laity of the Episcopal Anglican Church of Brazil. 

22 March 2007

Presiding Bishop's homily at House of Bishops closing Eucharist

Presiding Bishop's homily at House of Bishops closing Eucharist

I look around here and see lots of folks with glasses. And some of us who don't obviously wear them have contacts or have had our eyes adjusted surgically. Most of us have had our eyes change over the years.

22 March 2007

A Message to God's People, from the Bishops of the Episcopal Church

A Message to God's People, from the Bishops of the Episcopal Church

As we prepare for Easter and the joyous celebration of the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, we send you greetings from Navasota, Texas where we gathered for the spring meeting of the House of Bishops.

22 March 2007

ECUSA Bishops request meeting with Archbishop of Canterbury, Primates' Standing Committee

ECUSA Bishops request meeting with Archbishop of Canterbury, Primates' Standing Committee

Responding to the recent Anglican Primates' Communiqué, the Episcopal Church's House of Bishops, meeting March 20 in Navasota, Texas, expressed “an urgent need for us to meet face to face with the Archbishop of Canterbury and the members of the Primates' Standing Committee.” 

21 March 2007

Trinity Church encourages partnerships within Worldwide Anglican Communion

Trinity Church encourages partnerships within Worldwide Anglican Communion

The Revd Dr. James H. Cooper, rector of Trinity Church-St. Paul's Chapel, in New York City, announced the distribution of grants totalling $1 million, with a special focus on building global partnerships among Episcopal dioceses in the United States and international partners within the 70 nation Anglican Communion.

19 March 2007