Campaigners for same-sex marriage react with dismay and sadness to C of E House of Bishops decision ADVOCATES of “full inclusion” of LGBTQ+ people in the Church have reacted with dismay to the House of Bishops’ decision that stand-alone services of blessing for same-sex couples and the reconsideration of rules that bar the clergy from entering i...
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Gafcon letter declares that it is the Communion now, minus Canterbury and all related ‘Instruments’ GAFCON is “now the Global Anglican Communion”, the chairman of the group’s Primates Council, the Archbishop of Rwanda, Dr Laurent Mbanda, has declared.
In a letter to supporters on Thursday, Dr Mbanda wrote that the Gafcon Primates Council had met...
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Vatican rebuts German claim that Rome has approved same-sex blessing ceremonies A VATICAN official has denied claims made by the Roman Catholic Church in Germany that Rome has approved same-sex blessing ceremonies, almost two years after the document Fiducia Supplicans first permitted RC priests to bless homosexual couples.
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UK news in brief Cathedral precentors travel to Rome
CLERGY from Anglican cathedrals gathered in Rome for the annual Precentors Conference last week, organised by the Association of English Cathedrals. They met the Pope and were the guests of two Vatican departmen...
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