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  • 29 Oct 2007
    Asian and American theologians focus on message of reconciliation

    Thirty scholars and theologians from Asia and the United States gathered from 23-25 October 2007 at Church Divinity School of the Pacific (CDSP), for a historic Asia-America Theological Exchange Forum with a focus on global reconciliation.

  • 26 Sep 2007
    Changing Attitude pledges to continue struggle for an inclusive church

    The response of the House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church USA to the gay dispute within the Anglican church "gives encouragement to members of Changing Attitude and our brothers and sisters in many parts of our Communion", says the UK group, pledging to continue the struggle for inclusion.

  • 20 Sep 2007
    Williams putting earthly position ahead of moral principle on gay issue, campaigner says

    The UK human rights campaigner and Green Party parliamentary candidate Peter Tatchell has reacted strongly to news that the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, will seek to persuade US Anglican bishops to backtrack on gay inclusion and equality.

  • 30 Aug 2007
    US gay bishop accuses African opponents of 'slavery language'

    Gene Robinson, an openly gay US Anglican bishop whose 2003 consecration has deeply divided worldwide Anglican Communion, says African critics who describe homosexuals as "worse than beasts" are using the kind of language once employed in the United States to justify slavery.

  • 5 May 2007
    Archbishop of Canterbury asks Akinola to change US plans

    Accused by critics of acting harshly towards the US Episcopal Church and softly towards those who attack it, Archbishop Rowan Williams has called on anti-gay Nigerian Primate Peter Akinola to refrain from intervening in the America church.

  • 18 Apr 2007
    Archbishop seeks to build bridges with USA trip

    The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has said that he will visit the United States in an attempt to repair relations within a fractured Anglican Communion.

  • 23 Mar 2007
    US Episcopal bishops say anti-gay sanctions harm the gospel

    Episcopal bishops in the USA say attempts to impose a parallel leadership on them and to make them exclude gay people are against Gospel and Reformation principles. They have asked to meet the Archbishop of Canterbury.

  • 7 Mar 2007
    Stop colluding with bullying

    Deirdre Good and Julian Sheffield urge Episcopalians to embrace grace not fear

  • 25 Feb 2007
    Jefferts Schori says Anglicans must keep the door open on conversations about sexuality

    In the aftermath of a tense Anglican Primates (provincial heads) meeting in Tanzania, under-fire Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori of the Episcopal Church in the United States has briefed the community of people who work at the denomination's Centre in New York on how oversight will be offered to a church divided on issues of sexuality and biblical interpretation.

  • 23 Feb 2007
    Archbishop of Canterbury pleads for trust amid Anglican dysfunction

    The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, who is spiritual head of the fractious 78-million strong worldwide Anglican Communion, has described the decisions taken by the recent Primates (heads of provinces) meeting in Tanzania as a trust-building exercise to preserve unity in the face of disagreement.