Monthly Archives: March 2012
Another Diocese of C.of E. – Manchester – Rejects the Covenant
Saturday, 31 March 2012 Anglican Covenant: Manchester Diocesan Synod Updated Saturday afternoon to add numbers of abstentions Manchester diocesan synod voted on the Anglican Covenant motion this morning. The motion in favour of the covenant was defeated in all three houses. … Continue reading
Anglican Bishops in the House of Lords – to be Reduced in Number
Bishops’ dozen in reformed Lords by a staff reporter Leading role: the Archbishop of Canterbury delivers the “Motion for an Humble Address on the occasion of Her Majesty the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee”, in the House of Lords, a fortnight ago UK … Continue reading
Gay marriage: a war of words that obscures the Church’s message
The Tablet Blog Fr Ceirion Gilbert, guest contributor 13 March 2012, 9:00 Language, we know, is far from objective; the languages with which we speak and learn, worship and love, are rich expressions of a cultural identity sedimented, as it … Continue reading
Church press on the Anglican Covenant defeat in England
Friday, 30 March 2012 The Church of Ireland Gazette has this editorial opinion: Anglican Covenant, Anglicanism and The Church of Ireland. It might well be said that the unthinkable happened last weekend, with the proposed Anglican Communion Covenant coming to grief in the … Continue reading
Anglican Church of Rwanda Splits with AMiA – with Help of GAFCON
THE ANGLICAN CHURCH OF KENYA (ACK) HEAD OFFICE Archbishop: Most Rev. Dr. Eliud W. Wabukala (archoffice@swiftkenya.com) A.C.K. Garden House, 2nd Fir. Wing ‘C’ 1st Ngong Avenue P. O. Box 40502 – 00100 COMMUNIQUE FROM ARCHBISHOP ELIUD WABUKALA REGARDING THE 5TH … Continue reading
London Diocese Rejects The Covenant
Anglican Covenant: London Diocesan Synod London diocesan synod voted on the Anglican Covenant motion this evening. The motion in favour of the covenant was lost, being defeated in both the houses of laity and clergy. Bishops: 2 for / 1 … Continue reading
Bishop Alan Wilson – on the Covenant – ‘Boot and Reboot’
Boot and Reboot? The boot goes into the Anglican Covenant. Time to reboot?We could try to defibrillate the whole thing hoping that somehow this process that has just split the Church of England down the middle will somehow transmute into … Continue reading
FULCRUM & Covenant – ‘Web of Mutuality or Fragmentation’ ?
Communion Connections: Web of Mutuality or Fragmentation? by Graham Kings, Bishop of Sherborne ‘Injustice anywhere is injustice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable web of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly affects us … Continue reading
Covenanters offer ‘Post Mortem’ on Covenant Rejection in C.of E.
ANGLICAN COVENANT SUPPORTERS EXPRESS ‘DEEEP (sic) REGRET’ Supporters of the Anglican Communion Covenant have expressed their deep regret at the decision by the majority of Church of England Dioceses not to support the proposed Anglican Communion Covenant. Although in total more … Continue reading
Reuters Report on the Church of England’s Rejection of The Covenant
English church votes down pact to unite Anglicans By Avril Ormsby LONDON | Sat Mar 24, 2012 10:03pm GMT LONDON (Reuters) – A proposed deal to hold the worldwide Anglican Communion together amid divisions over homosexuality and same-sex unions appeared to be in tatters … Continue reading
