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June 29 2005
NAIROBI: Anglicans Meet to Discuss Church's Future
The church here was scandalised last year when some sister churches in Europe and America endorsed homosexuality and lesbianism.
Known as sexual politics, the controversy that threaten the unity of the world wide Anglican communion is yet to be resolved.
Archbishop Benjamin Nzimbi is expected to brief the synod on the progress of the recent crisis meetings that he attended over the controversy.
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June 29 2005
BOSTON: Episcopal Bishops Hit Anti-Israel Divestment Campaign
The two bishops, Rev. Geralyn Wolfe of Rhode Island and Rev. Edward S. Little of Northern Indiana warn fellow Episcopalians that divestment "seems to justify the tactics of terrorists. This would only encourage the violence the church hopes to end, and the continued suffering of Arabs and Israelis for years to come."
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June 29 2005
BRAZIL: Recife Anglican bishop defies church order
The Superior Church Tribunal of the IEAB unanimously ruled that Cavalcanti was guilty of the charges against him. The IEAB decision means that all canonic, sacramental, pastoral and liturgical ties for the Bishop cease and he also loses the rights and prerogatives of ministry in the Church.
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June 28 2005
KENYA: African Anglicans Make New Push to Split Over Homosexuality Issue
The latest crisis in the 77 million-strong worldwide Anglican Communion started when homosexual priest Gene Robinson was consecrated as bishop of New Hampshire in November 2003 while churches in Canada began blessing same-sex "marriages."
The AGI document proposes to set up a "church within a church," governed by an independent constitution and autonomous decision-making synods.
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June 27 2005
NOTTINGHAM: Anglican council hardens its stance on investment in Israel
The council also asked other provinces to consider such action in line with their existing ethical investment strategies and to adopt investment strategies "that support the infrastructure of a future Palestinian state" .
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June 27 2005
CANADA: Gays seen as part of Anglican power struggle
The U.S. church appointed Gene Robinson, a practising homosexual, as bishop of New Hampshire and several dioceses bless same-sex unions. In Canada, the Vancouver diocese of New Westminster has approved same-sex blessings and the Canadian church's governing synod passed a resolution last year acknowledging the sacredness of committed homosexual relationships.
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June 23 2005
Anglicans target Israel
The report is a piece of sanctimonious claptrap whose authors didn't even bother to talk to Ariel Sharon's government. It takes scant account of the trauma to which the second intifada has subjected Israeli civilians and endorses policies, such as the right of return of Palestinian refugees since 1948, that would spell the death of the Jewish state.
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June 23 2005
NOTTINGHAM: American churches shown door as gay row deepens
The Anglican Consultative Council is one of the four "instruments of unity" of the worldwide Anglican Church but it is the only one that has a legal constitution. Based in Britain, it is in effect the central administrative body of the Anglican Communion worldwide.
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June 23 2005
NOTTINGHAM: Canadian Anglicans speak to same-gender blessings
In 2002, the Diocese of New Westminster authorized the blessings of same-gender unions. This action prompted the Anglican Primates' Meeting to invite the Canadians to provide a presentation at ACC-13 as recommended by the Windsor Report.
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June 22 2005
NOTTINGHAM: ACC votes to add Primates to membership
Chairman cites changes
"We are in fact experiencing changes in the inter-relationships of the Instruments of Unity as we speak," Paterson said in his address, commenting on the balance between the work of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lambeth Conference of Anglican Bishops, the ACC, and the Primates' Meeting.
The ACC is the principal consultative body of the Anglican Communion and its 77 million members in 164 countries.
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