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USA: Marriage-equality resolutions advance to Episcopal House of Deputies

House of Bishops approves new marriage liturgies for trial use and change to marriage canon

30 June 2015

Canada: Anglican Primate hopes marriage canon debates in 2016 will be respectful

2016 General Synod to be 'mission-focused,' prayer that people will ‘know the leading of the Holy Spirit’

30 June 2015

Scottish Episcopal Church to begin process for possible change to Canon on Marriage

Synod votes to consider possible change and identifies one possible expression of change

16 June 2015

Polynesia: Anglicans committed to eliminating violence in all forms

Synod looks at how to address violence in the home and in the community

05 May 2015

Archbishop Welby: the Anglican Communion's challenges and the way forward

Archbishop Justin Welby told the Church of England's synod that the Communion is enormously diverse and faces huge challenges, but also has massive potential. 

17 November 2014

Legislation on Women Bishops Becomes Law at General Synod

The General Synod has today enacted the measure enabling women to be ordained as Bishops in the Church of England.

17 November 2014

Australia: Governments and churches urged to take more asylum seekers

The General Synod has urged the government and opposition to revise immigration policy, particularly offshore detention.

03 July 2014

Confession not all confidential: Anglicans

Anglican ministers told during confession about serious crimes such as child sexual abuse shouldn't be obliged to keep them secret, the church has declared.

03 July 2014

Australia: Synod highlights 'inactivity' on gambling

The 2014 General Synod has chided the Federal Parliament for failing to respond effectively to a four year old report on gambling in Australia.

03 July 2014

England's Synod agenda built around women bishop business

The General Synod of the Church of England meets in York in July for a five day meeting from 3.00 pm on Friday 11th July until 1.00 pm on Tuesday 15 July. 

20 June 2014