December 1, 2000 Australia ponders women bishops

Next summer the General Synod of the Church of Australia will debate a new canon, which could remove all legal obstacles to the consecration of women as bishops. At a recent synod, the Diocese of Sydney confronted the...

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October 1, 2000 Violence forces suspension of classes

Civil unrest and violence that has been escalating for months has forced the suspension of classes at Bishop Patteson Theological College on the island of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. The college's board of governors...

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September 1, 2000 C'mon to the fabulous lands down under

THE LANDS Down Under, and in particular, Australia are very much the focus of attention these days. The Olympics are about to begin and all eyes will be looking south to the country which is a continent. While the city of...

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June 1, 2000 New Australian primate accused of breaching doctrine

Melbourne Dr. Harry Goodhew, Anglican Archbishop of Sydney, head of Australia's most populous and powerful diocese, has accused the newly-elected primate of the Anglican Church of Australia, Dr. Peter Carnley, of breaching...

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December 1, 1999 Lay presidency vetoed in Sydney

The Anglican Archbishop of Sydney, Australia has refused to give his assent to a vote to allow trained lay people to preside at Holy Communion. In a two-to-one secret vote on Oct. 19, the Diocese of Sydney became the...

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October 1, 1999 Bishop of Singapore slams other provinces for 'departing from the faith'

The Anglican bishop of Singapore, Moses Tay, announced that he was boycotting the September meeting of the Anglican Consultative Council in Scotland, calling it "one of the most heretical provinces." Archbishop Tay wrote a...

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September 1, 1999 China blocks Pope from Hong Kong

The Chinese government has blocked plans for Pope John Paul to visit Hong Kong during an Asian tour later this year, according to a Roman Catholic bishop in Hong Kong. China is blaming the Vatican's links with Taiwan for...

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May 1, 1999 Aussie pilgrimage highlights goal of racial healing

In their first major project together, the national heads of Australia's main churches will make a pilgrimage to Uluru, in the heart of Australia's central desert. The trip is designed to highlight the need to heal divisions:...

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December 1, 1998 Lay presidency legislation stalls

The Archbishop of Sydney, Australia, has halted the move towards lay presidency in his diocese by preventing third and final reading of his synod's controversial lay-presidency legislation. But he opened the door to...

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