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2016 leaves world 'awash with fear' – Anglican leader
UPDATED Archbishop Justin Welby: The end of 2016 finds us all in a different kind of world; one less predictable and certain which feels more awash with fear and division

Australia churches to offer sanctuary to asylum-seekers
Anglican Dean of Brisbane: So this is really a moral stand and it wouldn t be a good look I don t think for someone to enter a church and to drag people away

Church of England names first female bishop
The Church is set to ordain a female priest as the new Bishop of Stockport a post that has been vacant since May reports say

Church of England approves women bishops in historic vote
The decision reverses a previous shock rejection in 2012 and comes after intensive diplomacy by Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby

Church of England to vote on allowing women bishops
A yes vote by its governing body the General Synod could see the first women appointed to the Anglican Church s top jobs by the end of this year

Tutu latest Anglican to support assisted suicide
South Africa s Anglican archbishop emeritus Desmond Tutu says he supports assisted dying for the terminally ill the day after the Church s former leader backed a bill to legalize it in Britain

Pope tells Welby to stand firm on traditional family values
Pope Francis lauds the head of the Anglican Church for taking the stance against gay marriage and uniting for the poor
Pope Francis urged to work for peace
World leaders and Catholics hailed the election of Jorge Bergoglio from Argentina as the first Latin American pope urging him to work for religious reconciliation and peace
UK to propose gay marriage in civil ceremonies
Same sex marriages will be allowed but outside of Church in the United Kingdom
Anglicans ordain Africa's first woman bishop
The Anglican Church of Southern Africa has ordained the first woman bishop on the African continent