Topic: Rowan Williams

LONDON, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- The head of the Anglican Communion said eight years ago same-sex relationships can "reflect the love of God," letters leaked to the British press show.

CANTERBURY, England, July 25 (UPI) -- The first openly gay bishop in the U.S. Episcopal Church and the Anglican Communion is attending a gathering of bishops in Britain, accompanied by a bodyguard.

LONDON, July 1 (UPI) -- A group of priests, including 11 active bishops, have threatened to leave the Church of England if its General Synod approves the consecration of women.

LONDON, June 16 (UPI) -- The Anglican bishop of London has ordered an investigation into claims that two gay priests have been married in the church, officials said.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 (UPI) -- America’s European allies have fallen into the paralyzing embrace of appeasement. Only one German parliamentarian out of 613 openly favors putting German troops in Afghanistan in harm’s way. The Bush administration’s appeals for more European troops fall on deaf ears. Europeans do not believe democracy is attainable in Afghanistan, which is now seen as a failed narco-state. They also blame Iraq for the current geopolitical dilemma.

LONDON, Feb. 11 (UPI) -- Britain's Archbishop of Canterbury took responsibility Monday for any misleading choice of words he may have used when remarking on Sharia law.

LONDON, Feb. 11 (UPI) -- The British prime minister spoke Monday in defense of the Archbishop of Canterbury's statements calling the influence of Islamic law "unavoidable."

PARIS, Feb. 11 (UPI) -- Tensions in Europe are reaching an ominous new pitch over Islamic law and women’s rights, freedom of speech and whether Turkey has a Western-oriented future.

LONDON, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- Anglican church members and leaders say the Archbishop of Canterbury has damaged his authority by calling for parts of Islamic law to be used in Britain.

LONDON, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- Anglican leaders blasted the archbishop of Canterbury's suggestion that Muslims be allowed to use Shariah law to settle civil disputes.