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Australia’s Anglican General Synod meets next week. So what?

On Sunday 9 August 2026 the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Australia will assemble in Melbourne. I will be at the opening service in the dual guise of second bass (cantoris, please) and lay member representing the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne. This will be...
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Anglican dysfunction and mysteries and kicking things into the long grass

Anglicans around the world are sometimes surprisingly English. They exhibit real skill in not saying ‘no’ outright, but are good at burying or smoothing over rejection of an awkward proposal, smothering things in politeness. There have been two excellent specimens for any sociologists interested. Last month,...
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Anglican Centre in Rome marks week of Prayer for Christian Unity in Rome

The week of Prayer for Christian Unity for this year was inaugurated on the...
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Anglican Centre in Rome launches fundraising appeal to keep its doors open

AN URGENT APPEAL As everyone who has visited us at the Palazzo Doria Pamphilj knows...
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A note on COVID-19 from the Director of the Anglican Centre in Rome

Italy has been particularly badly hit by the Covid-19 pandemic. On Tuesday morning (31...

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Op-Ed

Australia’s Anglican General Synod meets next week. So what?

On Sunday 9 August 2026 the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Australia will assemble...
Op-Ed

Anglican dysfunction and mysteries and kicking things into the long grass

Anglicans around the world are sometimes surprisingly English. They exhibit real skill in not...
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“Excommunicated!” When the Roman prevails over the Catholic

But how can this be? Roman Catholicism teaches that we are “all brothers” (Pope...
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ACNA Court denies Wood motion to compel the release of Board of Inquiry investigation documents

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