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First Melanesian woman ordained

The first Melanesian woman to be ordained in the Anglican Church has been ordained not in her own province, but in the United Kingdom.

First female bishop for Canberra

The Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn has appointed its first female bishop.

• Dr Jensen will not take part

Dr Williams: Communion is a gift

The Archbishop of Canterbury tells Primates that the Communion "matters" to members across the world and to the mission of God.

• Video message for World Aids Day

• Slide show: living under the stigma in Kenya

• Advent campaign on birth registration

UK bishops slam welfare cuts

Bishops across England condemn the coalition government's controversial welfare reforms.

St Paul's dean gone now

The St Paul's Cathedral protest claims another senior church victim, Dean Graeme Knowles, who has resigned with immediate effect.

• Durham dean's wife confronts burglar

• The real battle of St Paul's

• How the Church Times saw it

• George Pitcher: Murdering St Paul's

• Dr Williams backs new tax on banking

• Opinion: Thank goodness for the Chief Rabbi

• The Guardian: "A dramatic reverse ferret..."

St Paul's Cathedral Canon resigns

Giles Fraser, canon chancellor of St Paul's Cathedral, has quit over plans to forcibly remove Occupy London Stock Exchange protesters from outside St Paul's.

• The Guardian: a fine chance goes begging

• Ring of prayer round protesters?

• Clergy 'suppress report on bankers' greed'

• Only one in 10 protesters stay overnight

• Cathedral records sharp fall in visitors

• Christian Century: a powerful occupation

Dr Williams slams Egypt clashes

Clashes between Coptic Christians and troops in Egypt that resulted in 25 deaths are condemned by the Archbishop of Canterbury.

Bronte locals bare all for parish

Locals in Brontë Country have been taking their clothes off for the benefit of the parish restoration fund.

Sydney rejects 'flawed' Covenant

Sydney Diocese opposes the Anglican Covenant after being told it is 'theologically flawed.'

Stop these attacks, says Dr Williams

The Archbishop of Canterbury asks Robert Mugabe to end attacks on Anglicans in Zimbabwe.

• Zimbabwe judges back established church

• Video of the meeting

• Cape Town Archbishop condemns 'thuggery'

• The Guardian: Tea but little sympathy

• If only politicians were as brave as Rowan Williams

• Missionaries praised for ending slavery

Pipped at the post?

Dean Jeffrey John: pipped at the post again?
Smoothing the waters

Dr Williams: trying to set up a joint group to oversee the conversion process. Reuter photo.
Presenting the Moana world view

On Wednesday evening, Archbishop Winston Halapua put the issue of violence in the family in a wider Pacific theological context.
Tutu exhorts the faithful

Archbishop Desmond Tutu addresses the crowd in Copenhagen.
High and dry

A ship is perched on top of a house in the tsunami-devastated remains of Otsuchi, Iwate prefecture. Photo: EPA
ACC begins with Eucharist

Bishops of the West Indies join the Archbishop of Canterbury to concelebrate the ACC's opening Eucharist.
Naming the issues

Charles Waldegrave speaks at the men's caucus - that's George Kiriau, the secretary for the Province of Melanesia, in the foreground.
Bishop Brown's offer

Bishop Tom Brown preaching in his cathedral.
His warm congratulations

The Bishop of Kingston, Dr Richard Cheetham, congratulates Sr Veronica. Kingston is an episcopal area within the Diocese of Southwark.
River crossing

Navigating a flooded street in Brisbane.
Richard's reading

Richard Sawrey was the Tikanga Pakeha delegate. He's recently returned from teaching pastoral care in a Fijian theological college.
Tweaked

Dr Williams with one of the children at the Shishu Bhavan orphanage, next to the Mother House in Kolkata.
Polynesia's blessing

The Diocese of Polynesia delegates to the consultation pray and sing before their Archbishop's Wednesday evening contribution.
Quandolita reports

Quandolita Reid-Enari from Samoa was chosen to report the responses of a women's caucus back to the full IAFN gathering.
Our Father in heaven...

Jamaicans at the ACC's opening Eucharist join hands to sing a call-and-response version of the Lord's Prayer.
Traffic flow

Navigating a street in the Brisbane suburb of Laidley.
"Equal in God's sight"

Dr Jenny Te Paa, who gave a keynote address at the consultatiion - and who led the Lambeth 2008 session of the abuse of power.
The PNG experience

Mrs Jessica Ingen, from Papua New Guinea - whose husband is a newly ordained bishop in that province.
Huia shares

Huia Swann, who represented Tikanga Maori at the consultation, shares a reading during evening worship.
D, from Numbulwar

Mrs Didamain Uibo, who is a school principal at Numbulwar, 800 km west of Darwin. Numbalwar is the site of an Anglican mission.
Gene Robinson moving on

Gene Robinson: retiring as Bishop of New Hampshire but not from public life. Guardian picture.
The Wainuiomata welcome

The delegates to the IAFN consultation on family violence were welcomed to Wellington at a powhiri at Wainuiomata Marae.
Bishop Brown

The Bishop of Wellington, Rt Rev Dr Tom Brown, at Rangiatea in February 2008, during his diocese's 150th anniversary celebrations.
Cairo in turmoil

Murbarak supporters pelt anti-government demonstrators in Cairo.
'Many other options for Sunday'

Archdeacon Christopher Page says there are ‘many other attractive options for Sunday morning.’ Geoff Howe for The Globe and Mail
Home away from home

Flood victims doss down in a Brisbane evacuation centre.
On Jordan's bank...

The Archbishop of Canterbury chats with His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan.
ACC reps stay in the picture

Abraham Yisa (Nigeria) and the Rev Janet Trisk (Southern Africa) follow the debate during an ACC plenary meeting in Kingston.
Ipswich goes under

Homes in the city of Ipswich, west of Brisbane, are inundated by floodwaters. Picture: AAP
'Job well done'

President Obama thanks the military for taking out Osama bin Laden.
View from the press bench

How the London Guardian's cartoonist saw the vote on women bishops in the Church of England.
Limbering up for Lambeth

The newly elected Bishop of Perth leaves the Lambeth opening service. Photo: Ady Kerry/EPA
Commissioned for ACC service

The Archbishop of Canterbury commissions members of Standing Committee at the ACC's closing Eucharist in Kingston.
Taimalieutu Kiwi Tamasese

Taimalieutu Kiwi Tamasese leads the Pacific section of The Family Centre, who are the hosts for the IAFN consultation.
Gold amid the grey

A rescuer weeps for joy as he cradles a 4-month-old child found alive after three days in a ruined house in northern Japan. Photo: AP
Permission to land

Flight of the bishops to Rome. By Steve Bell in the London Guardian
Student success

Dr Eeva John, Academic Register of Trinity College, Bristol, congratulates St Veronica - who is studying at Trinity College.
'Let's share the burden'

Dr Rowan Williams: Society must share the burden of the recession together. Photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
The Bishop steps in

The Bishop of London, Richard Chartres, and the Dean of St Paul's, the Very Rev Graeme Knowles, address protesters. Photo: Ray Tang/Rex Features
Parting shot

Anglican primates and officials pose for a group shot at the end of their meeting in Dublin, Ireland.
Queensland-NZ connections

Archbishop Philip Aspinal (left) of Brisbane, Archbishop David Moxon and Bishop Tom Brown at Rangiatea, in Otaki, in 2008.
Life in the midst of death

An unidentified mother watches her baby who was born on March 12 at a shelter in Iwaki, Fukushima. Photo: Reuters
'The Beloved Child'

Rev Dr Raymond Pelly, who delivered one of the keynote addresses in his Thursday sermon - entitled "The Beloved Child."
Shared commitment

The people who came from across the Pacific and from the UK for the IAFN consultation on violence and the family.
Body broken

Taimalelagi Fagamalama Tuatagaloa, who chaired the IAFN consultation, is a former Anglican Observer to the UN, and a priest.
Turning to Rome

Father Stephen Bould in St Peter's, Folkestone. Photograph: Philip Toscano for the Guardian.
Reaching out to Queensland

Archbishop David Moxon: clergy on offer to Queensland.
Charles takes charge

Charles Waldegrave, centre, with ex PM Helen Clark and Hone Kaa at the time of the Section 59 repeal protests in 2007.
Wounded healer

Rowan Williams: Issue of homosexuality a wound in the church's ministry.
Awaiting the Pope

Catholic and Anglican bishops gather at Lambeth Palace to await the arrival of the Pope on September 17. Photo, Chris Ison/PA Wire)
Looking to the future

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams.
Bankers 'should say sorry'

Dr Williams: senses 'diffused resentment' against bankers.
Quandolita

Mrs Quandolita Reid-Enari is a teacher who advocates for women and works to stem family violence in Samoa.
Aground

A boat is dumped in a street of Hishonomaki, Miyagi, after being swept inshore by the tsunami. Photo: AFP/Getty
Women take their place

Women bishops line up at the 2008 Lambeth Conference.
Pioneer ordination

The Diocesan of Southwark, The Rt Rev Christopher Chessun (gold mitre) and area bishop Dr Richard Cheetham ordain Sr Veronica.
Tsunami rolls in

The tsunami hits Natori in Miyagi prefecture. Photo: Reuters
Cecilia sharing the Wainuiomata story

The Rev Cecilia Rooderkerk explaining some of the history of her Wainuiomata Marae to the consultation delegates.
ACC begins with worship

Up to 7000 people attend the opening Eucharist for the Anglican Consultative Council's 12-day meeting in Kingston, Jamaica.
Archbishop on his knees

Dr Williams washes churchgoers' feet during the Maundy Thursday service at Canterbury Cathedral. Photo: PA
Entebbe summit

Bishops gather for the second meeting of the Council of Anglican Provinces of Africa in Entebbe. Photo: Stephen Wandera/AP
Gracious overtures

Dr Williams made a "crucial and gracious overture" to those who stayed away.
Giles goes

Giles Fraser - gone from St Paul's Cathedral in protest at plans to forcibly remove Occupy London Stock Exchange protestors from its steps.
Teatime in the rockies

Dr Rowan Williams: Praying for a new Pentecost for the Anglican Communion.
Search goes on

Japanese soldiers search for bodies in Higashimatsushima City, Miyagi, where up to 10,000 people may have died. Photo: Reuters
Cairo in turmoil

Violence in the streets of Cairo.
Wasteland

Rescue workers are dwarfed by the rubble as they pick their way through the shattered city of Otsuchi. Photo: Reuters
Tsunami swamps city

The tsunami crashes over a street in Miyako City in north-eastern Japan. Photo: Reuters
Banking on St Paul's

Protestors outside St Paul's Cathedral in London. Photo: Getty Images
Standing together

Archbishop Fred Hintz (Canada) and Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori (Episcopal Church)
Solomon secretary

George Kiriau is the secretary of the church in the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu - a province which has seen severe ethnic conflict.
Archbishop cool on climate

Dr Rowan Williams preaches during an ecumenical celebration at the Church of Our Lady in Copenhagen. Photo: Heribert Proepper/AP
'Repent and be changed'

Dr Michael Nazir-Ali, who wants to uphold traditional teachings of the Bible.
Controversial bishop has new mission

Rochester's Bishop Nazir Ali: he will now use his energies to help Christians under threat. Picture: Eleanor Bentall.
'Beware of Islam'

Bishop Nazir-Ali: leaving his diocese on a note of warning.
Heading up Communion office

Alyson Barnett-Cowan: “I’m thinking about it as an adventure.”
ACC reps enjoy a light moment

Dr Tony Fitchett (right rear), lay representative for this church, enjoys a joke at the ACC meeting in Jamaica.
Call for time limit on sexuality issue

Nigerian Bishop Ikechi Nwosu: he says Dr Williams must set a time limit on the listening process around homosexuality and the church.
Off to Rome

Bishop John Broadhurst: cannot abide plans to appoint women bishops in the UK.
Swinging vote

Dr Rowan Williams listens soberly as the debate swings in favour of women bishops at the Church of of England General Synod.
York prods CoE synod

John Sentamu: the church must not shy from "an apportunity and an obligation."
Nai says her farewell

Mrs Nai Cokanasiga from Fiji. Her husband, the Rev Mataiasi Cokanasiga, is pursuing post-ordination study at St John's College in Ak
Sealing the work done

During the final session of the consultation, Bishop Muru Walters prayed his blessing over each delegation's plan to counter violence.
Global South calls for repentance

Participants in the Fourth Anglican Global South to South Encounter outside St Andrew's Cathedral in Singapore.
Brisbane Archbishop anoints

Archbishop Philip Aspinal anoints Canon Deborah Broome at Rangiatea in 2008, during the Wellington diocese 150th celebrations.
Dean gone now

The Dean of St Paul's Cathedral, The Rt Rev Graeme Knowles, has resigned with immediate effect.
Campaigner for non-violence

Charles Waldegrave - Anglican priest, psychologist, family therapist, social policy researcher, and co-leader of the Family Centre.
Global prayers

Archbishops at prayer during the Global South opening service in Singapore.
Men of Worth

Locals in Bronte Country reveal all for a very good cause. Photo: Paul Barker, Church Times
Wasteland

A wheelchair sits forlorn amid the desolation of a town in northern Japan.
Sisters of The Church

Sr Veronica CSC, at right, alongside Sr Lydia, CSC, and Jo, an 'Alongsider', who also lives at St Michael's Convent, Ham.
The bishop fronts up

Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori speaks at the start of the Episcopal General Convention in Anaheim.
Crucial voting

The result of the first House of Deputies’ vote on resolution D025. The vote on the final wording of the resolution was closer but still decisive.
Mother church of the Communion

Canterbury Cathedral in the heart of Kent, England.
Starting with a drum roll...

Dancers and drummers welcome the altar party for the ACC's opening Eucharist in Kingston, Jamaica.
Our man leaves ACC helm

Bishop John Paterson of Auckland who has just stepped down from chairing the Anglican Consultative Council.
Primate pleased

Archbishop Fred Hintz: "We need more conversation."
Candid talks

Dr Williams with President Robert Mugabe in Harare. Photo: Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi/AP
'No consensus'

Bishop Katharine Schori: "We have a variety of opinions on human sexuality."
Men with a mission

Rev Tom Van Culin, from Hawaii, reports from the men's caucus. Ian Sparks (left) and John Rea (both from the UK) stand in support.
Canon

canon
Taimalelagi celebrates

Taimalelagi Tuatagaloa, who chaired the consultation, celebrates the Eucharist. Note the stole of the Australian priest next to her
Listening to voices of the ACC

The Archbishop of Canterbury takes part in an ACC discussion group.
In the shadow of St Paul's

The Occupy London Stock Exchange encampment outside St Paul's Cathedral. Photo: Oli Scarff/Getty Images
Rock of ages

The Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, seen from the Christian quarter of the Old City. Photo: Reuter
Crowning glory

Westminster Abbey: soon to be fitted with a crown.
Far away and yet so close

London Kiwis gather for the Christchurch vigil at Westminster Cathedral. Photo: Luton Anderson

Jerusalem's bishop regains visas

New guidelines for marriage rites

Israeli ambassadors' help sought

South Sudan Anglicans celebrate

Dr Williams slams self indulgence

Lambeth worried by new mission

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'Horrific' violence against women

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Back to the community – every day

What we need is a "Back to the Community" campaign, says the vicar of a quake zone.

Cathedral bells bound for UK

The ChristChurch Cathedral bells will soon be enroute to England for testing and repair.

New guidelines for marriage rites

A “consensus description” of Anglican theology on marriage rites is being finalized by the Int...

A unique and final honour

Sir Paul Reeves is accorded a unique last honour. He is laid to rest on the gentle north-facin...

Decision time on gay ordination

The question of whether openly gay and lesbian people can be ordained should be settled s...

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Pipped at the post?

Smoothing the waters

Presenting the Moana world view

Tutu exhorts the faithful

High and dry

ACC begins with Eucharist

Naming the issues

Bishop Brown's offer

His warm congratulations

River crossing

Richard's reading

Tweaked

Polynesia's blessing

Quandolita reports

Our Father in heaven...

Traffic flow

"Equal in God's sight"

The PNG experience

Huia shares

D, from Numbulwar

Gene Robinson moving on

The Wainuiomata welcome

Bishop Brown

Cairo in turmoil

'Many other options for Sunday'

Home away from home

On Jordan's bank...

ACC reps stay in the picture

Ipswich goes under

'Job well done'

View from the press bench

Limbering up for Lambeth

Commissioned for ACC service

Taimalieutu Kiwi Tamasese

Gold amid the grey

Permission to land

Student success

'Let's share the burden'

The Bishop steps in

Parting shot

Queensland-NZ connections

Life in the midst of death

'The Beloved Child'

Shared commitment

Body broken

Turning to Rome

Reaching out to Queensland

Charles takes charge

Wounded healer

Awaiting the Pope

Looking to the future

Bankers 'should say sorry'

Quandolita

Aground

Women take their place

Pioneer ordination

Tsunami rolls in

Cecilia sharing the Wainuiomata story

ACC begins with worship

Archbishop on his knees

Entebbe summit

Gracious overtures

Giles goes

Teatime in the rockies

Search goes on

Cairo in turmoil

Wasteland

Tsunami swamps city

Banking on St Paul's

Standing together

Solomon secretary

Archbishop cool on climate

'Repent and be changed'

Controversial bishop has new mission

'Beware of Islam'

Heading up Communion office

ACC reps enjoy a light moment

Call for time limit on sexuality issue

Off to Rome