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The New Hampshire Decision Statement from All Souls Church, Langham Place, London W1 November 2003 We take note of the sectarian action of dissident bishops of the Episcopal Church in the United States, in carrying through a dubious consecration ceremony which will not be regarded as valid in most Anglican provinces across the world. The service of November 2nd 2003 was held in defiance of the statement and appeal against such an action, issued unanimously on October 14th, 2003, by world Anglican primates at Lambeth. For the Presiding Bishop in America - himself a signatory to that statement - then...

Special Report Taking Back a Church By Lawrence Henry Published 11/20/2003 12:03:43 AM I'm starting to feel like Frank Gilbreth, the father in Cheaper by the Dozen. While his wife took his twelve children to church, Mr. Gilbreth sat outside smoking a cigar and reading the Sunday papers. Since the consecration of Gene Robinson, openly and actively a homosexual, as Episcopal bishop of New Hampshire, I just haven't felt much like sitting in our regular pew. A lot of Episcopalians feel the same way. The Robinson consecration marked only the latest in a long series of fallings-away by the increasingly...

Anglican Unrest Follows New Bishop National Catholic Register November 16-22, 2003 by KATHERINE SMITH SANTOS, Register Correspondent DURHAM, N.H. - On Nov. 2, the Episcopal Church in the United States consecrated Gene Robinson as its first openly homosexual bishop. While the event could destroy any hope for formal Anglican-Catholic unity in the near future, some believe it will also serve to drive many Anglicans "home to Rome." How likely is an Episcopal schism? What will the effects on the Catholic Church be? To investigate these questions, the Register talked to Episcopalians, former Episcopalian ministers and Cardinal Walter Kasper in Rome....

Colin Powell, the US Secretary of State, has revealed his personal involvement in the fight against Aids, describing in an interview to be broadcast today how he and his wife Alma help to educate young girls in Washington about sexual abstinence. Mr Powell drew on his personal experience to defend plans to spend one third of the $15bn (£8.8bn) the US has pledged to the global fight against Aids on abstinence projects. Mr Powell also repeated his view that Aids was a matter of "national security" and "more than a health problem". He was interviewed by the BBC World Service...