February 15, 2007 Primates' meeting begins with all at the table

Archbishop Andrew Hutchison, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, has lamented that while he and other primates currently meeting in Tanzania have seen stark images of poverty in the capital Dar Es Salaam their discussions will not focus on improving the lives of the poor but on divisions over human sexuality. “I am going to a meeting with a gospel of hope and a preferential option for the poor and we are debating who is in and whom we are going to keep out,” said Archbishop Hutchison in a blog, or Internet diary entry, to young Canadian Anglicans at www.generation.anglican.ca

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January 26, 2007 Archbishop of Canterbury to meet with Canadian bishops

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, will make his first visit to Canada as Archbishop of Canterbury with a visit to the April meeting of the Canadian house of bishops in Niagara Falls, Ont.

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January 17, 2007 Primates' meeting likely to be difficult

The 38 primates of the Anglican Communion have yet to meet in Dar Es Salaam, but events leading up to the meeting scheduled Feb. 14-19 already indicate that it will be a tough one, particularly for Katharine Jefferts Schori, the new presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States (ECUSA).

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January 1, 2007 Archbishop urges education to fight HIV/AIDS

Christians have the responsibility to help those who have been ravaged by HIV/AIDS and to educate themselves and others “so as to avoid further spread of the infection,” Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams said in a statement...

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December 1, 2006 Opportunities for church in China are ‘enormous,’ says Williams

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, said he believes that in some regions in China the percentage of the population attending church on Sundays is as large or even larger than that in most western European countries.

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December 1, 2006 Anglican urges freedom in dialogue with Rome

The chairperson of the governors of the Anglican Centre in Rome, Bishop Stephen Patten, has invited the Roman Catholic church to allow more freedom of expression in theological dialogue. “Catholics say Anglicans do not have a clear enough structure on authority, and I agree that there are areas it ought to be better. But I also believe the Catholic church should exercise its authority in a much more collegial way,” said Bishop Patten, the Anglican bishop of Wakefield in England. “Many Anglicans would be pleased to have a central figure – just like the Pope – in the church, but they want its role to be more collegial also.”

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November 1, 2006 Ugandan woman named as UN observer

LondonHellen Grace Wangusa, the United Nations Africa Co-ordinator of the Millennium Development Goals, has been named as the next Anglican United Nations Observer.Canon Kenneth Kearon, Secretary General of the Anglican...

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November 1, 2006 Panel advises New West on dissidents

A London-based Anglican Communion panel recommended on Oct. 13 that dissenting parishes in the diocese of New Westminster be granted alternative episcopal oversight but should also resume contributing to the diocese and work toward reconciliation.

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October 17, 2006 Panel advises New West on dissidents

A London-based Anglican Communion panel recommended on Oct. 13 that dissenting parishes in the diocese of New Westminster be granted alternative episcopal oversight but should also resume contributing to the diocese and work toward reconciliation.

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October 1, 2006 New framework will define Anglican-Jewish dialogue

London The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, and Israel’s two chief rabbis, Shlomo Amar and Yona Metzger, have signed an agreement mapping out their future dialogue.  “What we’ve agreed today will provide a framework...

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