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.
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/ 18 November 2007
Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu has slammed the church for being ”obsessed” with homosexuality, in a BBC radio programme to be broadcast
Tuesday. The South African 1984 Nobel Peace Prize winner, 76, said he felt ashamed of his church for its attitude towards gays.
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/ 24 September 2007
The United States Episcopal Church is in the middle of a debate that could end with its departure from the Worldwide Anglican Communion over disagreements about gay clergy and same-sex unions. The conflict was prompted when the US church consecrated Gene Robinson as the first bishop in an openly gay relationship.
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/ 20 September 2007
The Reverend Frank Wade, a veteran of the brawling theological debates in the Episcopal Church, said the denomination was once filled with people like him: ”old white men.” It was the church of the establishment, the spiritual home of more United States presidents than any other denomination.