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Ugandan law widens Anglican Church rift over LGBTQ rights

Ugandan law widens Anglican Church rift over LGBTQ rights

THE chair of a conservative group of Anglican church leaders accused the church's global head of perpetuating colonialism with his criticism of one of the world's harshest anti-LGBTQ laws, introduced by Uganda last month. Justin Welby, the head of the Church of England and the worldwide Anglican Communion's 85 million members, said last week he had written to Ugandan Archbishop Stephen Kaziimba to express "grief and dismay" at Kaziimba's support for the law. The legislation imposes the death penalty for certain same-sex acts and a 20-year prison sentence for "promoting" homosexuality. It has triggered widespread Western criticism including threats by U.S. President Joe Biden…
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King Charles III crowned in ceremony blending history and change

King Charles III crowned in ceremony blending history and change

KING Charles III was anointed and crowned in Britain's biggest ceremonial event for seven decades, a display of pomp and pageantry that sought to marry 1,000 years of history with a monarchy fit for a new era. In front of a congregation including about 100 world leaders and a television audience of millions, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the spiritual leader of the Anglican Church, slowly placed the 360-year-old St Edward's Crown on Charles' head as he sat upon a 14th-century throne in Westminster Abbey. During a historic and solemn two-hour service, which dates back to the time of King William the Conqueror…
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Why is the Anglican Church torn over same-sex relationships?

Why is the Anglican Church torn over same-sex relationships?

HUGO GREENHALGH THE Anglican Church has seen a simmering row over same-sex marriage erupt as leaders gathered for the Lambeth Conference, a roughly once-in-a-decade meeting of its bishops from around the world. At the heart of the matter is a 1998 resolution known as Lambeth 1.10 that states marriage can only be between a man and a woman. An initial statement in the programme for debate at this year's conference said "same-gender marriage is not permissible", re-opening painful divisions within the 85-million-strong global Anglican Communion on the issue. A subsequent updated version that noted stances vary within the church and that some…
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