Citing inclusion of LGBT clerics, Anglican bishops in Africa to shun Lambeth Conference
Nairobi, KenyaRNS As disputes over homosexuality continue to stir within the worldwide Anglican Communion, conservative African bishops say they will boycott a decennial gathering of top clerics next summer unless what the Africans consider Godly order is restored. After delaying the Lambeth Conference, normally held once a decade, for two years, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin […]
Lodging for spouses becomes Anglicans’ latest battleground over LGBT clergy
LondonRNS A British university that customarily houses those attending the Anglican Communion’s worldwide gathering of bishops is welcoming same-sex clergy couples to stay on campus despite the Archbishop of Canterbury’s attempt to ban gay and lesbian bishops’ spouses from the 2020 Lambeth Conference. For years the issue of homosexuality and how the Church of England […]
Episcopal bishops object to same-sex spouses’ disinvitation to global conference
LondonRNS Three bishops from the Episcopal Diocese of New York have written an open letter to their clergy and parishioners to express their dismay at a request by the Archbishop of Canterbury that two gay bishops not bring their spouses to the Anglican Communion’s Lambeth Conference in July, 2020. The letter also explains why, despite […]