Anglican Church leaders from around the Communion have expressed shock and sadness over the news of the tragic death of Diana, Princess of Wales. Prayers were offered for the repose of her soul in parishes around the world and thanksgiving offered for her life and work in Britain and around the world. Of utmost concern to Church leaders was the welfare of her surviving sons, Prince William and Prince Harry.
31 August 1997
The Church of England at its General Synod meeting in York this week voted that the church's present policy on homosexuality was "not the last word on the subject".
21 July 1997
The Archbishop of Canterbury is to be urged at the next year's Lambeth Conference to help exiled Palestinian Christians return to Jerusalem.
04 July 1997
Lichfield Diocese in the English Midlands received nearly 300 missionaries from all over the world last month for a festival of mission entitled - Come to the Feast.
04 July 1997
The House of Bishops of the Church of England has dismissed the idea that lay people can preside at Holy Communion.
01 July 1997
Pilgrims Way 1997, which celebrated the joint 1400th anniversaries of St Augustine and St Columba, ended with a Eucharist at St Columb's Anglican Cathedral in Derry on Monday 9 June. The pilgrimage began in Rome in May when a group of ecumenical pilgrims travelled the route St Augustine would have taken to Canterbury.
26 June 1997
The House of Bishops welcomes the opportunity which the Archdeacon of Wandsworth's motion will provide for the General Synod to discuss the House's statement 'Issues in Human Sexuality'.
20 June 1997
Plans are underway to create a new Anglican Province of Continental Europe which will unite the existing parallel jurisdictions.
13 June 1997
Canterbury Cathedral is to become the first cathedral in Britain to charge for entry on Sundays between services.
13 June 1997
The Bishop of the Windward Isles, the Rt Revd Sehon Goodridge, told Walsingham pilgrims that the Church should welcome strangers, and seek to eliminate discrimination. About 10,000 people attended the National Pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham on Monday 26 May.
10 June 1997