News Updates

News Updates

May 2008

• Communion Partnership Expands

  Archbishop Valentino L. Mokiwa of Tanzania has agreed to serve as one of three “Communion Partner Primates.”

  Posted on May 30, 2008

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• Colorado Bishop Seeks to Remove Previously Transferred Priests

  The Rt. Rev. Robert O’Neill, Bishop of Colorado, is seeking to remove from the ministry more than a dozen priests that his predecessor lawfully transferred to another Anglican province more than seven years ago.

  Posted on May 30, 2008

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• Diocese, Congregations Argue Virginia Property Case

  In May 28 arguments, one lawyer representing the Diocese of Virginia said that asking churches to put title in the name of the bishop “would disturb the peace and unity of the church.”

  Posted on May 29, 2008

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• Archbishop Plans London March with Poverty Focus

  Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams announced plans for a march during the Lambeth Conference to demonstrate the Anglican Communion’s commitment to end extreme poverty.

  Posted on May 29, 2008

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• Bishop Sauls: HOB Followed ‘Fair and Lawful Procedure’

  The Rt. Rev. Stacy Sauls, Bishop of Lexington and a member of the House of Bishops’ task force on property disputes, defended the procedure the House followed in consenting to depositions of bishops Cox and Schofield.

  Posted on May 28, 2008

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• New York School Gets Fit to Fight Malaria

  Students at New York's St. Hilda’s and St. Hugh’s School raised nearly $30,000 for a malaria prevention initiative in just one week.

  Posted on May 28, 2008

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• Northern Indiana Joins Protest Over ‘Failure to Follow Canons’

  Members of the Northern Indiana standing committee are calling on the Presiding Bishop to revisit the disputed deposition votes from March and follow proper procedure in the future.

  Posted on May 28, 2008

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• Two More Dioceses Oppose Depositions

  The bishop and standing committees of Springfield and Central Florida have joined South Carolina and Western Louisiana in protesting the means by which the House of Bishops deposed Bishops Schofield and Cox in March.

  Posted on May 27, 2008

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• Pasadena Rector: Gay Unions will 'Support Sanctity of Marriage'

  All Saints’ Church, Pasadena, announced May 22 that it would “treat equally” all couples presenting themselves for marriage.

  Posted on May 25, 2008

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• Canon Doyle Elected Bishop Coadjutor of Texas

  The Rev. Canon C. Andrew Doyle, canon to the ordinary for the Diocese of Texas, was elected Bishop Coadjutor of that diocese from a field of six candidates May 24 in Houston.

  Posted on May 24, 2008

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