Embracing Anglican conservatives
Rick Warren: pledging support for North America's new Anglican grouping.
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- The theology of the Simpsons
- U.S. nuns under Vatican scrutiny
- At last: the bishop collects his eel tax
- Riverside pastor ends stormy tenure
- Cardinal Newman's miracle verified
- Reduced to tears by creationism
- Leaders call for end to 'legal euthanasia'
- Michael Jackson's celebrity suicide
- Dressed for Lent: the wobbly Anglican
- Bishop says Britain no longer Christian
- Obama champions gay Americans
- No freedom without a shared moral code
- Synthetics: the new moral playing field
- Queenstown church left in the lurch
- Pastor pins his faith on God and guns
- Ghana gives go-ahead for women priests
- Pope alarmed by decline in confessions
- The case for trusting the gospels
- Our longing for truth is a search for God
- Video: The sound of Pentecost
- The good news is that 'God is back'
- Churches look to next climate summit
- Don't try to be funny, clergy told
- Sri Lankan bishop facing crisis
- Editorial: philanthropy comes of age
- Movies: Wisdom in a cleric's garb
- Peter Carrell on the hermeneutics hui
- The theology behind 'Angels and Demons'
- Richard Randerson on the smacking vote
- St John's College at the crossroads
- Breakdown and redemption
- 10 myths about church leavers
- Video: Johnny Cash's testimony of faith
The bones of St Paul
The Roman Catholic Church's Year of St Paul ended with a flourish on 28 June, as Pope Benedict XVI announced that scientists had authenticated the first-century saint's earthly remains under a church in Rome. Carbon testing of bone fragments in a sarcophagus beneath the Basilica of St Paul's Outside the Walls, along with the presence of incense grains and purple linen laminated with pure gold, "seems to confirm the unanimous and undisputed tradition according to which these are the mortal remains of the Apostle Paul," Benedict said.
Bishop of Chch appointed to new ecumenical body
The Bishop of Christchurch, Victoria Matthews, is part of an important new commission to oversee the ecumenical life of the Anglican Communion.
CofE linked to unethical banking
The Royal Bank of Scotland, in which the Church of England has major shares, is facing legal action over its investment in energy projects linked to climate change and human rights violations.
Anglicans 'need to practise forgiveness'
Anglicans need to access their God-given capacity for ‘forgiveness, compassion and reconciliation’, Dr Jenny Te Paa tells mission conference.
TEC plans private talks on sexuality
Eight members of the Episcopal Church's House of Deputies are scheduled meet privately with Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams to address lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues in the church.
Crowning feature planned for Abbey
A large crown is to be erected on the roof of Westminster Abbey – the first major building work for 250 years.
US may introduce 'mission partners'
The Episcopal Church is looking at switching to the term "mission partner" instead of "missionary" to emphasize relationship building and interdependence.
