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The progressive Anglican Church decides not to bless same-sex couples (for now)
23+ hour, 7+ min ago (611+ words) General Synod of the Church of England 2021 (ZENIT News / London, 02.17.2026).- After nearly a decade of study, consultation and increasingly strained debate, the General Synod of the Church of England (anglicans) has formally closed its "Living in Love and Faith" process,…...
Archdiocese of Southwark launches landmark apologetics project
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (880+ words) (ZENIT News / Southwark, 01.06.2026).- As the number of people joining the Catholic Church in England and Wales continues to rise, the Archdiocese of Southwark is launching a landmark apologetics project to provide evidence-based answers to the burning questions of both new…...
First woman to lead Anglican church could resign before taking office over mishandling of abuse cases
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (723+ words) Taken together, the cases in England and North America point to a troubling continuity across Anglican structures that differ theologically and culturally but appear similarly vulnerable to failures of accountability The post First woman to lead Anglican church could resign…...
First woman appointed as General Secretary of the Bishops' Conference of Scotland
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (222+ words) Luisa Campbell will take up the role in February 2026. (ZENIT News / Edinburgh, 11.23.2025).- Scotland's Bishops' Conference has appointed the first member of the lay faithful and the first woman to the role of their General Secretary. Luisa Campbell will take up…...
One-third of Catholic clergy in the United Kingdom are Anglican converts: the surprising revelations of an investigation
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (322+ words) The researchers note that in an average year the movement is measured not in crowds'typically up to eleven Anglican clergy received, and roughly the same number ordained. Still, the long-term arithmetic is striking. The authors estimate that around 700 Anglican clergy,…...
Research shows that German Catholics have a stronger attachment to the Church than Protestants
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (345+ words) According to the study, which surveyed around 1,000 church members and was presented in Berlin this month, only 39 percent of practicing Christians in Germany say they would choose to belong to their church again if the decision were theirs as adults…...
Anglicanism splits: 8 out of 10 Anglicans break ties with Canterbury after the election of the first woman as primate
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (493+ words) The Great Anglican Break: GAFCON Declares a New Communion After Rejecting Canterbury (ZENIT News / London, 10.20.2025).- The Anglican world awoke to a historic rupture as the Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON) formally severed ties with Canterbury and the Church of England,…...
Asia's Oldest Seminary Turns 360 Years: Where Is It?
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (339+ words) The General Regional Seminary College, today known as Tinggi Katolik Seminary, was founded by the visionary Bishops Pierre Lambert de la Motte and Fran'ois Pallu of the Paris Foreign Missions Society (MEP), initially with the humble name of St. Joseph…...
First Divisions Appear in the Anglican Church After Appointment of First Woman as Leader
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (269+ words) The appointment of Sarah Mullally has sparked great debate and division. Aged 63, married with two children, her election culminates a ten-year process that introduced female ordination into the Anglican Church, first with the priesthood (1992) and then with the episcopate (2014). (ZENIT…...
USA: The National Catholic and Muslim Dialogue: “Journeying Together”
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (129+ words) The NCMD hosted an event at The Catholic University of America with keynotes by the Most Reverend John Stowe, OFM, Conv., Bishop of Lexington, and Imam Saffet Catovic, current Muslim Chaplain at Drew University and a member of the international…...