General News
The Archbishop of Canterbury responds to GAFCON
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has responded to the final declaration of the Global Anglican Future Conference with the following statement:
The Final Statement from the GAFCON meeting in Jordan and Jerusalem...
Submission to the Church of England's Listening Exercise on Human Sexuality
This report is prepared by a Special Interest Group in the Royal College of Psychiatrists. We have limited our comments to areas that pertain to the origins of sexuality and the psychological and social well being of lesbian, gay...
Covenant "could lead to exclusion" says Archbishop of Wales
Text of a Press Release issued by the Church in Wales on 18th Sept 2007
A THOUSAND HUNDREDS
A THOUSANDHUNDREDS
HOW YOU CAN HELP US SAY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH
It was, in the end, two American parishes in Virginia going over from the Anglican Communion to the Archbishop of Nigeria that did it. And as a result, the broad,...
Archbishop of Mexico\'s sermon
A. Greetings
B. The Anglican Church of Mexico
1. History
2. Born as a part of the struggle for human rights in Mexico (we still fight for that).
Ex. the AIDS crisis
3. We are an open, inclusive and...
Goddard2Goddard Letter 8 part 2: Andrew to Giles
On the softer line I don't think people should be 'expelled from the Communion' for holding certain views. We have a listening process and ongoing discussion quite simply because this is to some degree a contested issue and I...
Goddard2Goddard Letter 8 part 1: Andrew to Giles
27th February
Dear Giles,
Thanks for your letter of 25th Feb and your reflections on where we are in our conversation and where we are as a Communion after Tanzania. Your \'nothing\'s changed and everything\'s changed\' was...
Goddard2Goddard Letter 7 part 2: Giles to Andrew
I have read your responses to the Episcopal Church's General Convention in Columbia and to the deliberations of the Subcommittee set up to consider TEC's response to the Windsor Report. A friend of mine described them as...
Goddard2Goddard Letter 7 part 1: Giles to Andrew
25th February 2007
Dear Andrew
So, after Tanzania, nothing's changed and everything's changed. Nothing's changed because we still have no resolution on the question of human sexuality and the listening process has progressed...
News from Tanzania
Here are today's links for an update on Tanzania - more details to follow...
Society of Catholic Priests' open letter to Primates
12th February 2007
An open letter has been sent today to the Archbishops of Canterbury, York, Wales and Armagh on behalf of an Anglican clergy organisation (The Society of Catholic Priests), which represents over 500 priests,...
Goddard2Goddard Letter 6 part 2: Andrew to Giles
Part of the current teaching is against 'the sexual expression of same-gender love' and you ask how these breach the two great commandments. A full answer would be rather long(!) but in outline - knowing how unsatisfactory this...
Goddard2Goddard Letter 6 part 1: Andrew to Giles
11th February 2007
Dear Giles,
It was great to meet up when I was in London last week even if only for an hour or so and to talk face-to-face as well as by these letters. You've packed a lot into your latest in explaining why...
Goddard2Goddard Letter 5 part 2: Giles to Andrew
I have to say that in this area I have more respect for the position of Mario Bergner who does not admit the possibility of divorce OR the ordination of women. He is, at least, consistent. Although I suspect he'd draw the...


