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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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Archbishop Makgoba “thrilled” as Bishop Sarah Mullally named Archbishop of Canterbury

Archbishop Thabo Makgoba has responded to the news of the choice of a woman...
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“We must re-dedicate ourselves to the struggle against complacency, greed, nepotism, and the lust for power” – Archbishop Makgoba

ARCHBISHOP THABO MAKGOBA PRIMATE and METROPOLITAN OF THE ACSA Diocesan Family Weekend, Diocese of Kimberley and...
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Cape Town Archbishop appeals to the world: Speak out on Gaza!

The depths of the cruelty which the current Israeli administration is prepared to inflict...
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Letter from Archbishop Thabo Makgoba of Cape Town to Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe

Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe received the following letter on May 14 from...
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Cape Town archbishop urges New York Episcopalians to lobby US govt to keep USAID programs for South Africa open

The Church Club of New York Gala Dinner, New York City May 1st 2025 Remarks by the Most...
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Archbishop of Cape Town welcomes election of Pope Leo XIV

On behalf of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, I welcome the election of...
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Statement from the Archbishop of Cape Town on the death of Pope Francis

Anglican Archbishop Thabo Makgoba of Cape Town has described Pope Francis as “the last...
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South African archbishop’s prayer for the victims of rape in schools

Amid a national outcry over the rape of learners at school, and the slow...
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Cape Town archbishop apologizes for church’s failure to warn parishes about John Smyth

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Investigator into John Smyth’s activities in South Africa steps down after allegations leveled

On November 22nd, 2024 I appointed a high-level inquiry into the implications for the...
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Primate of Southern Africa’s Christmas eve sermon

https://youtu.be/Fn8dxS66AZE?si=R_AOLOQd7hZzAroE Isaiah 9:2-7; Titus 2:11-14; Luke 2:1-14 (15-20) May I speak in the name of God...
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Archbishop Makgoba appoints three-person panel to review church’s handling of abuse reports

Archbishop Thabo Makgoba of Cape Town has appointed a three-person panel to review the...
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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...
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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...
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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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