Third Irish diocese asks general synod to permit same-sex blessings

Nov 28, 2023 by

By George Conger, Anglican Ink. A third diocesan synod has voted to ask the Irish General Synod to authorize same sex blessings. Meeting at the Tower Hotel in Waterford on 18 Oct 2023 the synod of the Diocese of Cashel, Ferns and, Ossory...

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Joint Message by the Archbishops of Armagh for St Patrick’s Day 2022

Mar 17, 2022 by

from the Church of Ireland: Today, on the vigil of the Feast day of Saint Patrick, the Church of Ireland Primate of All Ireland, Archbishop John McDowell, and the Catholic Primate of All Ireland, Archbishop Eamon Martin, and the led the...

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It is not homophobic for the Anglican church to hold traditional Christian views on homosexuality

Jul 13, 2021 by

by Rev Timothy Anderson, Chair of Gafcon Ireland, letter to the editor, Belfast Newsletter: A Church of Ireland minister has recently resigned his post claiming that the church is ‘structurally, culturally and socially homophobic’. On...

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July Synod agenda and papers

Jun 25, 2021 by

The agenda and background papers for the July 2021 group of sessions of General Synod are now available on the Synod section of the Church of England website. Synod will meet remotely from 12.30 on Friday July 9 to 1900 on Monday July 12....

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Lockdown UK: only in Scotland is public worship prohibited (except for the rich)

Jan 6, 2021 by

by Archbishop Cranmer: Epiphany 2021. The Wise Men have arrived in the guise of SAGE – the wisest of the wise. If we follow the star of science and heed their advice, coronavirus infection rates will fall, hospital admissions decrease,...

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Church of Ireland general synod member ready to quit if gender stance changes

Jun 4, 2020 by

by Adam Kula, Belfast News Letter: A man who has served for about half-a-century on the Church of Ireland’s general synod has said he will leave the church altogether if it recognises “non-binary gender identities”. Dermot O’Callaghan, in...

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