September 1, 2003 Primates decline to support same-sex rites

Primates of the Anglican Communion, meeting in Gramado, Brazil in late May, stated that, in the absence of "theological consensus about same sex unions," they, "as a body cannot support the authorization" of blessing rites for...

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June 1, 2003 Anglican-Muslim talks ignore war

The Archbishop of Canterbury was criticized for not meeting with military chaplains or troops in the Iraqi conflict even though he was holding theological dialogues with Muslims at Qatar where Allied Command was headquartered in...

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April 1, 2003 Williams takes his seat

Canterbury, England Archbishop Rowan Williams was enthroned as the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury, in the majestic, medieval Canterbury Cathedral, with ancient pageantry to reflect the history of the occasion, and African...

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March 1, 2003 Churches host shuttle mourners

Episcopalian churches in the north central area of the diocese of Texas, with two of the dead astronauts and many staff of the space program among parishioners, were directly affected by the February Columbia shuttle tragedy. ...

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February 1, 2003 New ecumenical director

Lambeth Palace, London Rev. Gregory Cameron, former chaplain to Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams when he was Archbishop of Wales, has been appointed the director of ecumenical affairs to the Anglican Communion office....

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October 23, 2002 Carey cautions primate on same-sex issue

Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey, who retires this month, has warned Canadian primate Archbishop Michael Peers and the house of bishops to go slowly in deliberations on same-sex blessings and to consult with the Anglican Communion.

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September 1, 2002 Archbishop of Wales appointed to succeed Carey in Canterbury

The choice of Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Wales, as new head of the Church of England, likely means that the church will have a stronger and more controversial public voice than it has in the recent past, observers...

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October 1, 2001 Canterbury role reviewed

London An eight-member review team has completed its analysis of the increasingly heavy workload of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and delivered recommendations. Among them is that the archbishop conduct a "strategic...

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September 1, 2001 Archbishop honoured

London Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey, in late May conferred the Lambeth degree of Doctor of Letters (D.Litt) on the Archbishop of Brisbane, Dr. Peter Hollingworth, governor general-designate of Australia. At a ceremony...

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April 1, 2001 Sexuality still at issue

As it was in Portugal last year, homosexuality remained a major issue for the primates, or national leaders, of the Anglican Communion, meeting at the Kanuga Conference Centre in North Carolina last month. However,...

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