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Homophobia persists in mainstream churches despite the acceptance of the queer community by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane and Bishop Paul Verryn
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Thirty-four bishops and three archbishops decry exploratory drilling as a ‘sin’ against the Earth
Following accounts of sexual abuse, the Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town plans to improve the church’s response to sexual abuse cases
The ANC is becoming a threat to the opposition again,and another child was found dead in a pit toilet at school. Read this and more.
A 52-year-old says the church wouldn’t investigate but, with the help of the dean of St George’s Cathedral, he faced his abuser
The bishops say being gay is ‘unnatural’ but the archbishop, laity and clergy disagree.
The Church of England held an emergency session after a vote against the appointment of women bishops exposed divisions in the Anglican communion.
In its biggest decision for 20 years, the Church of England’s legislative body will vote on whether to allow women bishops.
Compulsory clerical celibacy rubbished by Christians outside the Catholic church.
Zimbabwean police have stopped a clergy retreat over claims that their prayer gathering was not given police clearance under sweeping security laws.
A rogue bishop has whipped up support for his stance that the Anglican Church is being overrun by gays .
The head of the worldwide Anglican church on Monday met with President Robert Mugabe to speak about abuse the church experiences in Zimbabwe.
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The rift in the Anglican communion over homosexuality was reopened after its first openly gay bishop resigned.
The persecution of Anglicans in the diocese of Harare, which is spreading, is being seen and remembered by few Christian communities around the world.
After weeks of peacemaking over homosexuality, Rowan Williams points the finger of blame at North American churches.
The 2008 Lambeth Conference was held amid an atmosphere of boycotts over the 230 bishops who stayed away- and one who was never invited.
An Anglican version of the Holy Office — the Vatican body responsible for endorsing doctrine — has been proposed to resolve ongoing rows.
A US bishop has accused his own church of manipulating the Lambeth summit through briefing notes on liberal attitudes towards gay clergy.
A quarter of the world’s Anglican bishops boycotted on Wednesday a once-in-a- decade gathering of church leaders in a row over gay clergy.
Desmond Tutu on Sunday pleaded for unity among Anglicans as a gay bishop said it was a ”mistake” to bar him from their 10-yearly conference.
The Church of England was facing a serious split on Tuesday after its ruling General Synod voted to allow women bishops.
The Anglican Church in Southern Africa is unlikely to join the split from the mainstream church.
There is no hope for a unified Anglican communion because of divisions over homosexual clergy, according to conservative bishops gathering in Israel.
As the sun set on another bloody day of xenophobic violence in Gauteng on Monday, at least 22 people were reported dead, many more injured and 217 arrested for fierce attacks on both foreigners and local residents living in the greater Johannesburg area. Aid organisations were assisting thousands of refugees at civic centres and police stations.
The accountancy firm that looks after children’s entertainers the Wiggles is not an obvious place to search for the Holy Grail, but that’s where the trail led on Tuesday night. It started with a simple quest — what on earth is a large advertisment headlined ”The Ancient & Noble Order of The Knights Templar” doing in the Daily Telegraph?
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/ 18 February 2008
Uganda’s Anglican Church threatened on Monday to secede from the rest of the 77-million member fellowship unless United States clergy condemn homosexuality. The announcement was the latest salvo in a fierce debate about homosexuality that has gripped the global Anglican Communion.
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/ 15 February 2008
South Africans ought to be angry at the violent and senseless loss of precious lives affecting the country, Father Owen Franklin told mourners at the funeral of slain schoolgirl Emily Williams on Friday. The 12-year-old was killed by a bullet fired in a stand-off between robbers and security guards at a house in Fairlands, Johannesburg, on Tuesday morning.
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/ 13 February 2008
Pupils at the Trinity House Preparatory School will remember their slain classmate Emily Williams (12) with a memorial service in the school hall on Monday. Williams died when she was hit by a bullet fired in a stand-off between robbers and security guards at a house in Kessel Street, Fairlands, on Tuesday morning.
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/ 8 February 2008
The religious head of the Anglican church sparked an angry row in the United Kingdom on Friday after saying the adoption of some parts of sharia law alongside Britain’s legal system "seems unavoidable". Leaders across the political spectrum criticised Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams’s call for "constructive accommodation".
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Zimbabwean police disrupted several Anglican Church services in Harare on Sunday, arresting at least three priests and a number of parishioners opposed to a pro-government bishop. The priests were dragged out of church because they were conducting services without the authorisation of the police or that of Bishop Nolbert Kunonga.