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Mozambique diocese pushes back on “inside job” claims in bishop’s murder, amid deepening governance crisis

The Diocese of Quelimane has issued a “vehement repudiation” of reporting that links its former chancellor and current apostolic administrator to the June 6 assassination of Bishop Osório Citora Afonso, even as emerging details cast an increasingly stark light on long‑running governance and accountability...
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Search Opens for Next Dean and President of Virginia Theological Seminary and The General Theological Seminary

Virginia Theological Seminary (VTS) and The General Theological Seminary (GTS) today published the position profile for the next Dean and President. The publication marks the opening of applications for a new leader to guide the two affiliated seminaries into their next chapters. The position profile...
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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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Paying attention to power in Lambeth ‘Calls’

Among the Pastoral Principles for Living Well Together developed by the Church of England and commended...
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Mozambique diocese pushes back on “inside job” claims in bishop’s murder, amid deepening governance crisis

The Diocese of Quelimane has issued a “vehement repudiation” of reporting that links its...
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Search Opens for Next Dean and President of Virginia Theological Seminary and The General Theological Seminary

Virginia Theological Seminary (VTS) and The General Theological Seminary (GTS) today published the position...
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UN rapporteurs condemn confiscation of Tehran church, eviction of residents

The UN’s special rapporteurs (SRs) on freedom of religion or belief and human rights...
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A Shameful Day for the Church of England

The atmosphere at the Church of England’s General Synod after it passed its shameful anti-Israel...