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A new bishop for Wollongong

A church planter from the greenfield suburbs of south-west Sydney has been appointed as the next Bishop of the Wollongong Region.  Archbishop Kanishka Raffel has announced the Reverend Jonathan Squire will follow Peter Hayward who has given significant service as Bishop of Wollongong since 2010....
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Statement from the Archbishop of Canterbury following a meeting with Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis in the wake of General Synod Kairos vote

https://twitter.com/ArchbishopSarah/status/2080677135371375045 I was grateful to welcome @ChiefRabbi Mirvis to Lambeth Palace today, and for our honest conversation about events of the past few weeks. Following the recent General Synod motion, I am deeply saddened by the hurt and distress that so many in the Jewish...
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Prayers, Process, and Powers: B2 or not B2, that is the question—summary

The report to General Synod concerning Prayers of Love and Faith includes a paragraph stating: The House...
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The Prayers of Love and Faith and the call to a holy life

With the College and House of Bishops meeting next week and the July General...
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Living in Love and Faith: Good Episcopal Differentiation?

Learning from the Communion and the Church of England’s Past The Anglican Communion has, after...
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Facing our Disagreements on Living in Love and Faith

One of the features of the bishops’ proposals and the reactions to them is...
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Can we square the Living in Love and Faith circle?

In his recent critical profile of Archbishop Justin Welby, Giles Fraser recalls interviewing him in 2012 when he...
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LLF: Recent Past, Present & Future – Part Three

Looking ahead – where do we go from here? What the bishops have offered in...
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LLF: Recent Past, Present & Future – Part Two

Looking at the issues No change to the doctrine of marriage The bishops in their response...
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LLF: Recent Past, Present & Future – Part One

AUTHOR'S NOTE: Shortly before General Synod, in the light of what I had earlier written at the...
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Last Rites for LLF?

What has happened? It is only two weeks since a leak from the House of Bishops concerning...
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After Lambeth: what next for the Church of England?

Andrew Goddard writes: What are we to make of the recent Lambeth Conference, what...
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The End of (the) Communion? (ii): So where are we now?

Building on my earlier reading of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s contributions about Communion life,...
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The End of (the) Communion? (i) What has been said?

On Tuesday at the Lambeth Conference there were a number of significant developments in...
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A new bishop for Wollongong

A church planter from the greenfield suburbs of south-west Sydney has been appointed as...
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Statement from the Archbishop of Canterbury following a meeting with Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis in the wake of General Synod Kairos vote

https://twitter.com/ArchbishopSarah/status/2080677135371375045 I was grateful to welcome @ChiefRabbi Mirvis to Lambeth Palace today, and for our...
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Statement by Sir Ephraim Mirvis, the Chief Rabbi of Britain, following a meeting with the Archbishop of Canterbury

I appreciated the opportunity to have a comprehensive discussion with the Archbishop of Canterbury...
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Global South Bishops Urged to Embrace Servant Leadership and Effective Delegation

LWEZA, UGANDA, 17th July 2026 – Bishops and spouses from the Global South Fellowship of...