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Picture Special - Sarah Mullally celebrated as the Church of England's first female leader
1+ week, 2+ day ago (142+ words) Sarah Mullally has been formally installed as Archbishop of Canterbury,marking the start of her public ministry as the first woman to lead the Church of England. She will serve as spiritual head of the global Anglican Communion, a network…...
A Canterbury first: How a network of ordained women got Sarah Mullally to Canterbury
1+ week, 4+ day ago (632+ words) CATHERINE PEPINSTER, of Religion News Service, reports that Mullally's sometimes twisting journey to Canterbury may never have been completed if it hadn't been for an Anglican organisation called Leading Women" In the congregation at Canterbury Cathedral in Kent on Wednesday,…...
Mullally prepares to be enthroned as Church of England's first female leader
1+ week, 4+ day ago (532+ words) When Sarah Mullally is enthroned as the Church of England's first female Archbishop of Canterbury on Wednesday, she will inherit a task that has eluded her predecessors: uniting a divided 85-million-strong global Anglican Communion. Mullally, 63, will be installed at Canterbury…...
"A lie from the pit of hell": Episcopal leaders push back on rumours of fatal decline
3+ week, 4+ day ago (1393+ words) More than 850 Episcopal Church leaders gathered in Charlotte to talk about the future of the church and what the denomination still has to offer. BOB SMIETANA, of Religion News Service, reports" Charlotte, North Carolina RNS The Presiding Bishop of the…...
Anglican conservative bloc calls for boycott of Canterbury leadership
4+ week, 12+ hour ago (448+ words) A powerful group of conservative Anglicans on Friday urged its members to boycott meetings convened by the Archbishop of Canterbury and halt any financial contributions to the current leadership, escalating a long'running rift within the church. The declaration by the…...
Conservative Anglican leaders meet in Nigeria to elect a leader, fuelling concerns of schism
4+ week, 2+ day ago (730+ words) Conservative Anglican leaders gathering in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, are planning to unveil a new leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion, even as Archbishop Sarah Mullally is set to be installed as the first female leader of the body later…...
Lifestory: Inspired by Catholic nuns, Kenyan Lutheran pastor becomes church's first female presiding bishop
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (466+ words) FREDRICK NZWILI, of Religion News Service, reports Rev Catherine Ngina Musau, a 55-year-old mother of two, was elected in November and will be installed in June" A Lutheran pastor inspired in her youth by a Catholic priest and nuns is…...
Sarah Mullally lays out agenda in first major speech as Archbishop of Canterbury
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (839+ words) The new Archbishop of Canterbury, Sarah Mullally, made her first presidential address to the Church of England's governing body on Tuesday with a promise to make a major priority of protecting church members from sexual abuse " the issue that caused…...
Sarah Mullally confirmed as Archbishop of Canterbury, first woman to lead the Church of England
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (660+ words) Sarah Mullally walked into St Paul's Cathedral on Wednesday morning as the Bishop of London. When she walked out in the afternoon as bells rang out, she was the spiritual leader of millions of Anglicans'around the world. Mullally, 63, became the…...