In the past few days the Primate, as chairman of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s International Commission, has held discussions in the Diocese of Virginia with representatives of those supportive and opposed to the election and consecration of the Rt Revd Gene Robinson as the first openly gay bishop in the Anglican Communion. Bishop Robinson was consecrated in New Hampshire on 2 November 2003.
04 February 2004
This year marks the 1400th anniversary of the foundation of St Paul’s Cathedral and the re-organisation of the Diocese of London in England. The Rt Revd Richard Chartres, Bishop of the diocese, has announced a series of events and services which have been planned to celebrate this quattordecimcentennial year under the heading “London Visions, Back to the Future”.
03 February 2004
The announcement that the government will not create a centre for asylum seekers at HMS Daedalus should not obscure the daily hardship faced by refugees and asylum seekers, a church leader said today.
03 February 2004
The Church of Ireland today announced plans to deal positively with differences both within the church and in society. In a new initiative, the church has set up a committee to respond to lessons learned from a scoping study of members’ attitudes to sectarianism and living with differences.
30 January 2004
Since its inception sixty years ago during the darkest days of World War Two, the Council of Christians and Jews (CCJ) has continued to confront the evil of antisemitism with a message of healing and mutual respect between our communities.
27 January 2004
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, was among the many religious leaders that greeted Pope Shenouda of the Coptic Orthodox Church last Friday in London
21 January 2004
The Revd Canon Dr Marilyn McCord Adams (left) was installed at Oxford Cathedral as Regius Professor of Divinity and Canon of the Cathedral on 18 January during Evensong.
19 January 2004
Several reports in the British press over the past two weeks have suggested the possibility of a third non-geographical province, in addition to Canterbury and York, being introduced to the structure of the Church of England in response to the possible ordination of women bishops in the province.
16 January 2004
A warning that advertising aimed at children was "in serious danger of producing a nation of fat and greedy children with thin and starving souls" has been made by the Bishop of St Albans, the Rt Revd Christopher Herbert.
15 January 2004
The Church Commissioners of the Church of England are consulting the House of Bishops on a new set of principles and guidelines to provide suitable houses from which bishops can conduct an effective ministry, while providing both a place of work and family privacy.
14 January 2004