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Towleroad (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
... was surrounded by supporters, both gay and straight. Several wept as they embraced her." The Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams is concerned about the election of Glasspool : "In a statement posted on his website Dr Williams said the election 'raises very serious questions not just for the Episcopal Church and its place in the Anglican Communion, but for the Communion...
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Ekklesia blogs (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, has nearly commented on the Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Bill. read more
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The Freethinker (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
THE week began on another bum note for the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, who had just learned of the election of a second openly gay bishop in the Anglican Church. The Reverend Canon Mary Glasspool, 55, who has been in a relationship with another woman since 1988, was elected at the weekend by the Episcopal [...]
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bilerico.com (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
... of the Diocese of Los Angeles. Glasspool's election has already brought immediate concerns to the Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams. Issuing a cautionary statement in response to the Diocese of Los Angeles' election of Glasspool Williams stated the following: Continue reading "Lesbian Priest Reignites Church Storm"...
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365 Gay News (Free subscription) | yesterday
... long-developing rifts over what Anglicans should believe. Just hours after Glasspool’s election, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, the Anglican spiritual leader, said in a statement that the vote raised “very serious questions” for the divided church, and he urged restraint in moving forward with her consecration. Glasspool needs the consent of a majority of Episcopal...
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Reuters (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
LONDON (Reuters) - Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams said on Sunday the election of a lesbian priest as an assistant bishop in Los Angeles' Episcopal Diocese raised very serious questions for the global Anglican church.
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Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
LONDON (Reuters) - Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams said on Sunday the election of a lesbian priest as an assistant bishop in Los Angeles' Episcopal Diocese raised very serious questions for the global Anglican church.
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Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
IT has been most gratifying to see the alacrity with which the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, has criticised the election of Rev Mary Glasspool as the second openly
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turenchi (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
... in the US - the Anglican Church in North America.The head of the worldwide Anglican community, the Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, has been under pressure to recognise it.Delegates in Los Angeles have been voting for two assistant bishopsA diocese in Los Angeles has elected only the second openly gay bishop in the global Anglican Church, re-igniting an issue that has...
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Mad Hare (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
From the Guardian (with thanks to MadPriest for the head's up!) The election of Canon Mary D Glasspool as an Anglican bishop in the [Episcopal] diocese of Los Angeles has been slated by some, praised by others. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, wants Episcopal church leaders to block her appointment, and has warned of "very important implications" if they...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
In electing a lesbian bishop for Los Angeles, the Episcopalian church has acted in the best traditions of Anglicanism The election of Canon Mary D Glasspool as an Anglican bishop in the diocese of Los Angeles has been slated by some, praised by others. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, wants Episcopal church leaders to block her appointment, and has warned of "...
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The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
LOS ANGELES — The Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles has elected a lesbian as assistant bishop, the second openly gay bishop in the global Anglican fellowship, which is already deeply fractured over the first. Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, spiritual leader of the world's 77 million Anglicans, said Sunday that the choice raised "very serious questions" for...
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Anglican Mainstream (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
... church — sets the stage for a global confrontation. The man at the center of that conflict is the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams. Williams clearly sees his role as that of keeping the Anglican Communion together — at least as together as possible — at all costs. Ruth Gledhill of The Times [London] reports that Williams was chosen as Archbishop of Canterbury...
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Anglican Mainstream (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
... US dioceses must approve of this move and are likely to grant approval in this case.) 2. Between Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams and TEC Presiding Bishop Katherine Jefferts Schori regarding the future relationship between the American church and global Anglicanism. (Conservatives will now press more aggressively for ABC Williams to recognize the Anglican Church of North...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Mary Glasspool's election raises the question of what the archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, will do next That the US Episcopal Church has elected a lesbian as a bishop should come as no more of a surprise than learning that the future of the Anglican Communion is once again in jeopardy. The trajectory of each has been clear to church watchers for almost a decade, so talk...
