Tag: Anglicans
Anglican church caught up in global financial crisis
The Anglican Church in Melbourne says it might be forced to cut staff or close ministries because of a $1-million budget shortfall.[MORE]
Anglican women renew push for ordination
Advocates of women's ordination were banned from meeting in the St Andrew's Cathedral's square last night. [MORE]
Church attacks 'bank robber' traders over financial crisis
The Church of England's highest ranking clerics have fiercely criticised the practices of some financial traders that led to the market turmoil, describing them as bank robbers and out of touch with reality. [MORE]
Locals furious at Muslim cemetery plans
Locals outraged over plans for a Muslim cemetery on the grounds of a historic graveyard.[MORE]
Cemeteries falling into ruin
Tasmania's Heritage Council is concerned about a lack of planning for the maintenance of regional cemeteries as churches are sold into private hands.[MORE]
Priest stands down amid sexual misconduct probe
A Catholic priest stands down and expresses shock at sexual misconduct claims.[MORE]
Priest 'sickened' by sexual misconduct allegations
Father John Fleming has released a public statement denying any allegations of sexual misconduct. [MORE]
Pell defends handling of sexual misconduct case
Cardinal George Pell has defended his handling of sexual misconduct allegations involving a senior Catholic priest.[MORE]
Catholic Church appoints QC to investigate claims against priest
The Catholic Church in Adelaide has appointed a senior QC to investigate allegations against a prominent priest. [MORE]
Anglican Church strips priest over sexual abuse
The Brisbane Diocese of the Anglican Church has stripped Robert Francis Sharwood of his Holy Orders.[MORE]
Cathedrals welcome back the faithful
The Catholic Church says the transformation brought about by restoration work inside Hobart's St Mary's Cathedral has been stunning.[MORE]
Lambeth conference fails to resolve gay clergy debate
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Getting 650 bishops to agree on religious principles has proved impossible, threatening to tear the Anglican Church apart. [MORE]
Anglicans fail to resolve homosexuality debate
Anglican bishops have failed to resolve the row over homosexuality that threatens to split the church.[MORE]
Anglican Church moves to end gay bishop ordination
A group of senior Anglican clergy has announced new proposals to try to preserve the church's unity by ending the ordination of gay bishops and stopping the blessing of same-sex relationships.[MORE]
Archbishop admits to Anglican strains as bishops meet
The Archbishop of Canterbury admits there are strains in the Anglican church, but he has played down talk of a full-blown schism as bishops began debate in a once-a-decade gathering.[MORE]
Churches 'need do more on climate change'
A researcher for the Australian National University says Christian denominations need to do more to address climate change.[MORE]
Anglican Church urged to stop excluding people
A Sri Lankan bishop has urged conservative members of the Anglican Church to stop trying to exclude people because of their perceived faults. [MORE]
Archbishop of Canterbury invites Muslim leaders to religious meet
The Archbishop of Canterbury - the leader of the world's Anglicans - has sent a letter to Christian and Muslim leaders inviting them to a conference in October to tackle religious violence and freedom to worship.[MORE]
Gay bishop refuses to be left out of conference
The first openly gay bishop in the worldwide Anglican Communion, Gene Robinson, has criticised a decision not to invite him to a major conference in Britain of Anglican leaders.[MORE]
Vatican 'regrets' Anglican vote to allow women bishops
The Vatican has said it regrets a decision by the Church of England to allow women bishops, saying that the ruling would present a "new obstacle" to reconciliation between the Holy See and the Anglican communion.[MORE]
Anglican Synod votes to allow female bishops
After hours of rancorous debate, the Church of England's ruling body, the General Synod, has voted to allow the ordination of women bishops in the UK.[MORE]
Anglican Synod to vote on female bishops
The Church of England's ruling body, the General Synod, will vote later today on the conditions under which women could be consecrated as bishops. [MORE]
Anglican alliance under fire for Archbishop attacks
A new alliance of Anglican conservatives has been criticised by a senior figure in the Church of England for what he described as its unwarranted attacks on the spiritual head of the church, the Archbishop of Canterbury.[MORE]
Anglican Archbishop joins criticism of WYD laws
Anglican Archbishop Dr Phillip Aspinall joins criticism of the Government's laws to protect Catholic World Youth Day events.[MORE]
Tributes flow for prominent priest and academic
The Anglican Bishop of Tasmania has paid tribute to a prominent priest and academic whose funeral was held in Hobart today.[MORE]
