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 […]
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 […]
US Episcopal convention approves a ‘pastoral solution’ on same-sex marriage
RNS Same-sex couples will now be able to marry in their home parish even if their local bishop has moral objections to gay marriage, Episcopal Church leaders decided on Friday. Meeting in Austin at their triennial convention, the House of Bishops and House of Deputies, the bicameral governing body of the church, approved the controversial […]