by Sean Reilly | Aug 14, 2008
Leaders of the Anglican Communion left for home from the Lambeth Conference earlier this month having heard Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams say there is “wide support” for measures to resolve a dispute over homosexuality that had threatened to tear...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 31, 2008
Gene Robinson, the openly gay US bishop whose consecration in 2003 polarised the worldwide Anglican Communion, says he believes that one day the Church will regret its rejection of homosexuals the way that it now regrets its support in the past for slavery. “We...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 26, 2008
Following comments from a cardinal that have caused controversy, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, has welcomed the presence of a delegation from the Roman Catholic Church at the 2008 Lambeth Conference – writes Trevor Grunday. Speaking during a 24...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 25, 2008
Anglican bishops from Sudan, who are part of the meeting of the Lambeth Conference, have issued an appeal to Christians to stand in solidarity with the suffering people of their country. Their statement, which was overshadowed in the media by one of less certain...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 24, 2008
“I grew up in the Vietnam War era. In the end people lost interest in that war, they said this is not a war worth fighting. Sometimes winning is to say we don’t want to fight that war any more.” Brian McLaren is one of the leading US figures in...
