A Norfolk clergyman has resigned after allegations of misconduct committed while he served in the Church of Ireland were posted on the internet. On 11 Nov 2012, the congregation of Holy Trinity Loddon in Norfolk learned their vicar, the Rev. William Stewart had stepped down. The Bishop of Thetford, the Rt Rev Alan Winton said [...]
The Bishop of Jamaica has called upon the government to take action to halt the physical and social decay of Kingston. In a 28 Oct 2012 service marking the 140th anniversary of the city’s being made capital of the island, the Rt. Rev. Howard Gregory said the “decay of Kingston is in evidence all around [...]
The Diocese of South Carolina has been pushed out of the Episcopal Church of the USA. The involuntary secession of the 29,000-member diocese comes as charges have been brought against its bishop, the Rt Rev Mark Lawrence for “abandoning” the communion of the Episcopal Church. On 17 October 2012 a statement printed on the Diocese’s [...]
Lambeth Palace has announced the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, will visit Papua New Guinea from 19-24 Oct 2012 at the invitation of the Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea. On his five day tour Dr. Williams will meet with church and state leaders in Port Moresby and then travel to Popondetta then on [...]
The Clerk to the General Synod of the Church of England, Dr. Colin Podmore, will leave his post at the end of March, the Secretary General of the Church of England, Mr. William Fittall, reported last week, following Dr. Podmore’s appointment as the new Director of Forward in Faith. Dr. Podmore “will continue to fulfill [...]
The decision to ban Gene Robinson and the breakaway bishops of what is now the Anglican Church in North America from the 2008 Lambeth Conference and the Jeffrey John affair were among the toughest decisions he had to make as Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams told Vatican Radio. In an interview broadcast on 11 [...]
The Diocese of South Carolina has been pushed out of the Episcopal Church of the USA. The involuntary secession of the 39,000-member diocese comes as charges have been brought against its bishop, the Rt Rev Mark Lawrence for allegedly “abandoning” the communion of the Episcopal Church. On 17 October 2012 a statement printed on the [...]
A Missouri state court has found Bishop Robert Finn of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-St Joseph guilty of failing to report suspected child abuse. The 7 September 2012 conviction of Bishop Finn makes him the most senior U.S. Catholic cleric convicted in that church’s clergy sex abuse scandal. After pleading no contest to [...]
Zimbabwe’s Anglican bishops have appealed to President Robert Mugabe to enforce the rule of law in the Central African nation and end police support for former Harare Nolbert Kunonga. Last week the Bishops Cleophas Lunga of Matabeleland, Julius Makoni of Manicaland, Godfrey Tawonezvi of Masvingo and Ishmael Mukuwanda of Central Zimbabwe wrote to President Mugabe [...]
The President of the South African Council of Churches, the Anglican Bishop of Pretoria Jo Seoka has published an open letter calling upon President Jacob Zuma to investigate the 16 August 2012 police killing of 34 striking miners. “The coming investigation into the shootings must commence promptly and consist of an impartial commission that will [...]
