by Sean Reilly | Jul 22, 2008
Claimed tension and hostility between religion and gay people is considerably over-emphasised by out-of-touch faith leaders, suggests new research from the campaigning equalities group Stonewall. The findings are published as the Lamebth Conference of Anglican Bishops...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 22, 2008
When the first Lambeth Conference opened in 1867, only 76 of the Anglican Communion’s 144 bishops accepted an invitation by the Archbishop of Canterbury to attend because of disagreement among them about the way the church was shaping-up in British colonies...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 19, 2008
Bishops from the worldwide Anglican Communion have been experiencing hospitality visits and prayer retreats in advance of the formal element of the Lambeth Conference, which has been gathering on the campus of the University of Kent. Organisers hope that in spite of...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 18, 2008
Amid fevered media speculation about what it portends for the future of the 77 million worldwide Anglican Communion, Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams has encouraged bishops on retreat in preparation for the full proceedings of the Lambeth Conference next...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 17, 2008
Participants in the Lambeth Conference of Anglican bishops and those travelling from further afield will have the opportunity to see how life looks from the perspective of the gay people many of them wish to exclude, as a leading theatre performer offers to take them...
