News Updates

News Updates

May 2008

• ARDF Aids Myanmar Cyclone Victims

  The Anglican Church of Myanmar is attempting to assess damage and provide relief to victims of Cyclone Nargis.

  Posted on May 13, 2008

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• Private Meetings Supplement Archbishop's Pentecost Letter on Lambeth

  Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has written an open letter to the bishops of the Anglican Communion urging them to come to the Lambeth Conference “willing to engage fully” in constructive dialogue designed to lead to greater unity.

  Posted on May 12, 2008

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• Special Convention Revamps California Canons

  The Diocese of California overhauled its canons May 10, saying the action will make its operations more transparent and its leaders more accountable.

  Posted on May 12, 2008

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• Mideast Conference Tops 1,000 Registrants

  More than 1,000 Anglicans, including 280 bishops, have registered for the Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON) in the Middle East next month.

  Posted on May 12, 2008

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• Central Florida Parish, Diocese Reach Separation Terms

  The Diocese of Central Florida announced that terms of a separation agreement had been reached between members of Trinity Church, Vero Beach, one of the diocese’s largest parishes.

  Posted on May 7, 2008

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• Pray for Peace in Zimbabwe, P.B. Urges

  Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori asked Episcopalians to pray for the people of Zimbabwe, and called for an international arms boycott.

  Posted on May 7, 2008

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• ‘Clarify Identity,’ Cardinal Tells Anglicans

  The time has come for the Anglican Communion to “clarify its identity,” according to Cardinal Walter Kasper, the president of the Pontifical Council of Christian Unity.

  Posted on May 7, 2008

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• Bishop Venables: Communion “Breaking Up Because Nobody is Leading”

  “The Anglican Communion in the United States has been hijacked,” said Southern Cone Primate Gregory Venables, by an Episcopal Church leadership that doesn’t “mind what happens as long as they control it.”

  Posted on May 6, 2008

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• Bishops of Pittsburgh to Attend Lambeth

  Bishop Robert Duncan of Pittsburgh and assistant Bishop Henry Scriven have announced that they plan to attend this summer's Lambeth Conference.

  Posted on May 6, 2008

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• Pope Welcomes Archbishop Williams

  Discussions of America, ecumenism and theology animated the May 5 meeting of Pope Benedict XVI and the Archbishop of Canterbury.

  Posted on May 6, 2008

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