Tag: Lambeth
Watch more of Kim Lawton’s interviews about the diminishing numbers of Christians in the Holy Land and the complicated—sometimes controversial—efforts to support them. More
At a meeting in London’s historic Lambeth Palace, top Anglican and Roman Catholic leaders launched a new effort to support Christians in the Holy Land. “Have these people a future in their ancestral home? We hope and pray that they do,” says Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams. More
Watch more from participants in this week’s conference at London’s Lambeth Palace about the situation of Christians in the Holy Land and how people of faith around the world can help work for Middle East peace. More
BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: The presiding bishop of the U.S. Episcopal Church says the worldwide Anglican Communion is holding together despite deep divisions over homosexuality interpretation of Scripture. Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori returned home from England this week after attending the … More
Read more of Kim Lawton’s interview at the Lambeth Conference in Canterbury with Bishop Tom Shaw of Massachusetts: Q: What has been your impression here at Lambeth, in the midst of so much diversity? A: I think my impression overall … More
Read more of Kim Lawton’s interview at the Lambeth Conference in Canterbury with Episcopal Bishop Eugene Sutton of Maryland: Q: Overall, have there been new relationships built here, as the organizers suggest? A: Oh, yes, this Lambeth Conference is all … More
Read more of Kim Lawton’s interview at the Lambeth Conference with Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson of New Hampshire: Q: What has your Lambeth experience been like? A: It’s been a little bit surreal, both disappointing and uplifting, so it’s been … More
Read more of Kim Lawton’s interview in Canterbury at the Lambeth Conference with Episcopal Bishop Mark Lawrence of South Carolina: Q: What is your overall impression of the type of conversation that’s been taking place here? A: Oh my, well, … More
TIM O’BRIEN, guest anchor: Same-sex unions, as well as the consecration of gay bishops, are among the most contentious issues facing the worldwide Anglican Communion at the Lambeth Conference in England this week. With 77 million members, the Communion is … More
BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: Six-hundred-and-fifty bishops of the worldwide Anglican Communion assembled in Canterbury, England this week for the Lambeth Conference, a three-week-long meeting that’s held just once every decade. But more than 200 other bishops are boycotting the event. The … More