September 1, 2004 Dissident priests asked to vacate church buildings in New West

The New Westminster diocesan council, in a letter sent by Bishop Michael Ingham, has asked two priests who have left the Anglican Church of Canada over the issue of same-sex blessings to vacate the church buildings that they are...

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June 1, 2004 Sexuality questions leave church at odds

St. Catharines, Ont. Deeply divided over liberalizing church attitudes toward homosexuals, Canadian Anglicans meeting at their triennial governing convention here voted to defer a decision on whether gay relationships should be...

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June 1, 2004 Book seeks understanding for gay and lesbian Christians

A new book, Living Together in the Church: Including Our Differences, released one month before General Synod, explores ways Anglicans can stay together in the church they love, even as they disagree over homosexuality. ...

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June 1, 2004 Buckle a welcome visitor in Alaska

While questions of alternate episcopal oversight – bishops ministering to disgruntled parishes in dioceses that are not their own – continue to plague the church, a conservative Canadian bishop has been invited to...

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June 1, 2004 Church appraises episcopal visitor

The arrangement made by the diocese of New Westminster to provide pastoral care through an episcopal visitor to churches opposed to same-sex blessings has worked for the first parish which accepted this special ministry, its...

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June 1, 2004 Dissenters disappointed after bishops defer oversight decision

Parishes that walked out when their diocesan synod approved in 2002 a motion in favour of same-sex blessings expressed disappointment that the meeting of General Synod would take place without a clear answer to their request for...

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June 1, 2004 Who owns the name ‘Anglican’?

Anglicans wanting to get online information about General Synod 2004 might have entered "General Synod 2004" or the acronym "gs2004" into a search engine. Either way they were likely to come across two similarly-named Web sites:...

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June 1, 2004 Votes stir reaction in communion

Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams was among those who welcomed the decision by General Synod to defer a decision on the issue of same-sex blessings until 2007, saying it "offers hope for the continuing collegiality of the...

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June 1, 2004 Partners note difficult process

St. Catharines, Ont. The issue of same-sex blessings was like an elephant in the room at General Synod – not even the Canadian ecumenical and overseas partners of the Anglican Church of Canada who attended the gathering...

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June 1, 2004 More strife follows Jeffrey John

The appointment of gay cleric Jeffrey John as dean of St. Albans Cathedral has once again raised a furor among evangelicals, who want him to resign. The appointment could trigger impaired communion across the Church of England,...

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