Church of England

London, Nov 22 : The head of the Church of England has personally confronted the Pope over attempts by the Catholic Church to convert disillusioned Anglicans. Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, voiced his protest at a meeting at...

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...Anglican converts en masse. Archbishop Vincent Nichols, its leader, has appointed a panel of bishops to plan the recruitment of Church of England parishes. The committee targeting Anglican converts will look at ways of overcoming...

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...Pope. Anglo-Catholic leaders have generally welcomed the move as an act of generosity. But it has caused unease within parts of the Church of England because some clergy fear it could further undermine the worldwide Anglican Communion. What...

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...offices finished, Williams makes his way to his office - and in-tray - upstairs At a time of dwindling congregations and with the Church of England regularly lampooned and criticised by both believers and non-believers, I have come to...

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...Episcopal Church in the United States has a female head, Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori -- and the Church of England is preparing to ordain them. Williams said decades of Catholic-Anglican dialogue had achieved wide consensus on core...

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The British Retail Consortium (BRC), which predicts that this year will be slightly less dire for shopkeepers, was not impressed by the Church of England's consumer advice. Richard Dodd, at the BRC, said: "It is wrong to demonise those...

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Rowan Williams admits future of the Church of England is 'chaotic and uncertain' Last updated at 1:30 AM on 13th November 2009 Reaching out: The Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams The Archbishop of Canterbury last night...

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...all. Anglicans in Sevenoaks, Kent, have given mixed reactions to the Apostolic Constitution published by the Vatican. Since the Church of England first ordained women priests in the 1980s several hundred Anglicans have taken the road to...

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...defects to Catholicism A former vicar turned bestselling children's author has accused the Church of England of being "largely irrelevant" and accused it of being the "spiritual arm of New Labour". Published: 12:49PM GMT 08 Nov 2009 A...

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Vicar-turned-author Rev G P Taylor says he will desert the "sinking ship" Church of England, which he said was the "spiritual arm of New Labour", for Roman Catholicism. Published: 11:31AM GMT 07 Nov 2009 Whitby-based Rev Taylor was the...

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