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  Patriarch Kirill cancels Kazakhstan trip and chance to meet with Pope Francis

  Jack Jenkins | Thu 25 Aug 2022 18:31 BST

  For the second time this year, an in-person meeting between the two global religious leaders has fallen apart.

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  Global Church is experiencing an 'ecumenical emergency'

  Staff writer | Sat 6 Aug 2022 11:46 BST

  A Catholic leader has warned Anglican bishops meeting in Canterbury that divisions between Christians have become an "emergency" in urgent need of addressing.

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  Anglicans do not go 'down the road of expelling other Christians', says Welby

  Staff writer | Sat 6 Aug 2022 10:59 BST

  The Archbishop of Canterbury says Anglicans must "seek with passion the visible unity of the Church".

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  Conservative bishops offer a prophetic clarion call to the Anglican Communion: we are not walking together

  Susie Leafe | Sat 6 Aug 2022 10:04 BST

  With refreshing clarity and humble authority, the Global South Fellowship of Anglicans set down a very different vision for the Anglican Communion than that which has been put forward from the platform at the Lambeth Conference.

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  Archbishop asks to meet TV presenter over LGBT criticism

  Staff writer | Fri 5 Aug 2022 11:00 BST

  The Archbishop of Canterbury has asked to meet gay TV presenter Sandi Toksvig after she criticised his comments on homosexuality at the Lambeth Conference.

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  World in 'great need' of the love of God, Queen tells bishops

  Staff writer | Wed 3 Aug 2022 9:15 BST

  The Queen has sent her "warmest good wishes" to hundreds of bishops attending the Lambeth Conference in Canterbury, Kent.

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  'We are deeply divided. That will not end soon,' says Welby

  Staff writer | Tue 2 Aug 2022 17:56 BST

  The Archbishop of Canterbury has pleaded with bishops meeting in Canterbury not to "treat each other lightly or carelessly" because of their disagreements over human sexuality.

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  Lambeth Conference 2022: Anglican bishops asked to reaffirm Lambeth 1.10

  Staff writer | Tue 2 Aug 2022 16:17 BST

  An orthodox fellowship of Anglicans is asking bishops at the Lambeth Conference to reaffirm Lambeth 1.10 as the "official teaching of the Anglican Communion on marriage and sexuality".

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  Lambeth Conference ditches electronic voting

  Staff writer | Tue 2 Aug 2022 9:58 BST

  Lambeth Conference organisers have abandoned an electronic voting system for a series of 'Calls' on topical issues.

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  Pope Francis open to retiring if it's God's will

  Anugrah Kumar | Mon 1 Aug 2022 11:14 BST

  Speaking to journalists on a return flight from Canada, Pope Francis said he should slow down on his international travel and possibly consider retiring, but only if he discerns that it's God's will.

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  Welby meets conservative bishops over Lambeth 1.10

  Staff writer | Mon 1 Aug 2022 10:13 BST

  The Archbishop of Canterbury has reportedly offered to write a letter affirming Lambeth 1.10 as the official stance of the Anglican Communion on human sexuality.

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  Archbishop of York appeals for unity despite deep divisions

  Julian Mann | Sun 31 Jul 2022 8:30 BST

  The Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell, has tried to bridge the deep divisions at the Lambeth Conference over sexual morality by calling on Anglican Communion bishops to show unity for the sake of evangelism.