Church in Wales to give blessings for same-sex marriages

Sep 6, 2021 by

from BBC News: Same-sex couples can now have their marriage blessed by the Church in Wales after a vote was held. However, the church will still not marry same-sex couples. Former Dean of St Albans, the Very Reverend Jeffrey John,...

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Church in Wales Governing Body to debate same-sex marriage blessings

Aug 30, 2021 by

by Pat Ashworth, Church Times: SAME-SEX couples   will be able to have their civil partnership or   marriage   blessed in the   Church in Wales , if the Governing Body passes new legislation at its meeting in Newport on 6 September....

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Church in Wales Bishops endorse ban on “gay conversion therapy in all its forms”

Jul 29, 2021 by

By Andrew Symes, Anglican Mainstream: The Bishops of the Church in Wales have made it clear that any Christian teaching, counselling or prayer which implies preference towards “heterosexual norms”, or which is not positive towards...

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Church in Wales working to ‘restore damaged relationships’ after bishop’s ‘never trust a Tory...

Jun 22, 2021 by

by Julian Mann, Christian Today: The Bishop of St Davids in the Anglican Church in Wales is on sick leave amid pressure on her to resign. Dr Joanna Penberthy is at the centre of a political storm over her “never trust a Tory”...

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MP calls for St David’s bishop to resign over ‘Tory’ tweet

Jun 18, 2021 by

By John McManus, BBC News: A Conservative MP has called on an Anglican bishop to resign over comments she made on social media advising people to “never trust a Tory”. The Bishop of St David’s Dr Joanna Penberthy posted...

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Bishop of St Davids says all Tories are duplicitous liars

Jun 3, 2021 by

by Archbishop Cranmer: The Bishop of St Davids, the Rt Rev’d Joanna Penberthy, was the first woman to be elected a bishop in the Church in Wales, and into an archbishopric which can be traced all the way back to St Dyfrig and St David in...

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