Women priests given "dregs" in Church of England
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Women priests are given the worst positions in the Church of England even though they make up half of all newly ordained ministers, research published on Sunday said.
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The Church of England would struggle in the future without women priests, researchers say.
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An Anglican church commission issued a stinging rebuke Monday to Episcopal Church leaders who consecrated an openly gay bishop by calling for an apology and a moratorium on similar actions in the future.
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Catholics have overtaken Anglicans in church attendance in Britain, according to research published on Sunday.
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GAY clergy and their supporters were censured yesterday as religious leaders tried to resolve the issue of homosexuality in the Anglican Church.
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Clergymen struggling to comfort the afflicted in New Orleans are finding they, too, need someone to listen to their troubles.
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Black and Asian clergy members are unlikely to reach high office in the Church of England and minorities are sometimes marginalized in parish churches, an internal review will show, a newspaper reported Sunday.
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The parishioners at St. Brendan Catholic Church in Bothell got a shock this weekend: Instead of delivering a typical sermon, the Rev.
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Some clergy have criticized what they regarded as the churchâs leftward drift, including the consecration of an openly gay bishop.
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Catholic church leaders urge women to look at alternatives to termination, as the Abortion Act's 40th anniversary approaches.
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Â·  Church landlords accused of speculative frenzy Â·  Conduct 'not in line' with papal stance on housing
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A report released yesterday by an Anglican church commission reprimanded the Episcopal Church for not taking worldwide church opposition into account when it confirmed an openly gay bishop last year and chided bishops from other countries for interfering
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TORONTO (CP) - The United Church of Canada is pouring cold water on unionizing efforts by a group of stressed-out clergy.
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BUTTERWORTH: A priest was yesterday charged with molesting a woman who had trusted him to rid her of bad luck.  S.
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Eleven years after the Church of England first began ordaining women as priests, its governing body voted on Wednesday to consider allowing females to become bishops.
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Joan Houk has ministered to the sick and needy, run two Roman Catholic parishes that were without priests and has presided over baptisms and funerals. Her calling now, she says, is to be a priest.
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As the Roman Catholic Church struggles to repair its image in the wake of sex abuse scandals, one issue church leaders face is what to do with priests accused of abuse.