Trevor Grundy
Scottish cardinal admits to sexual misconduct
Days after pulling out of the conclave to elect the next pope and vowing to fight the charges against him, disgraced Scottish cardinal Keith O’Brien admitted on March 3 to inappropriate “sexual con...
Scottish cardinal resigns after sex accusations
Cardinal Keith O’Brien of Scotland resigned on February 25 in the wake of explosive charges that he had made “inappropriate” sexual advances to four men, three of them priests and one now a former ...
Justin Welby confirmed as new Archbishop of Canterbury
LONDON (RNS) Justin Welby was confirmed Monday (Feb. 4) as the new archbishop of Canterbury at a centuries-old service at St....
British bishops resist move to allow monarch to marry a Catholic
CANTERBURY, England (RNS) A royal row has broken out between Church of England bishops and Prime Minister David Cameron's liberal-minded coalition government over a planned bill to change ancient l...
Church of England OK's (celibate) gay bishops
CANTERBURY, England (RNS) The Church of England on Friday (Jan....
Christianity in Britain losing ground to Islam, secularism
CANTERBURY, England (RNS) New figures from the 2011 Census show that the number of people who identify as Christians in England and Wales has fallen by 4 million over the last 10 years.
...Parliament bars Church of England from hosting gay weddings
CANTERBURY, England (RNS) The British government unveiled a proposal on Tuesday (Dec....
Anglicans vow to vote again on allowing women bishops
CANTERBURY, England (RNS) The Church of England plans to rush through legislation to consecrate women bishops after last week's surprising defeat at the church's General Synod in London.
...Church faces backlash by rejecting women bishops
The Church of England plans to rush through legislation to consecrate women bishops after the surprising defeat of that proposal in November at the church’s General Synod in London.
...New archbishop inherits divided Anglican world
Bishop Justin Welby, a former oil executive who’s emerged as a critic of corporate excess, will become the 105th archbishop of Canterbury, primate of the Church of England and leader of the worldwi...
Church of England sells News Corp. shares after scandals
(ENInews)--Two of the Church of England's investment entities announced 7 August that they have sold all their shares in Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., worth about 1.9 million pounds (US$2.97 million...
Scotland to legalize gay marriage by 2015
c. 2012 Religion News Service (RNS/ENInews) Scotland has announced it will allow same-sex weddings as early as 2015, becoming the first country in the United Kingdom to do so.
...Church of England delays vote on women bishops
The Church of England’s General Synod has decided to delay a final vote on allowing women to become bishops until a meeting in London this November.
...Faith groups contribute to British gay marriage consultation
(ENInews)--The British government's 12-week consultation on gay marriage, which concluded on June 14, aroused strong opinions, with faith groups expressing views both "for" and "against."
...Scottish churches combat soaring metal theft
(ENInews)--The Church of Scotland is making a high-tech move to
protect its 1,600 churches and buildings from metal theft, a newly-popular
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British government launches consultation on same-sex marriage
(ENInews)--The British government on March 15 launched a 12-week
consultation in England and Wales that is widely expected to lead to the
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