March 22, 2010
Archbishop
The following articles have been tagged with "Archbishop":
Swedish bishop quits after office bashing
Society: 16 Feb 10
Sven Thidevall, the Swedish bishop at the heart of a period of ecclesiastical turbulence which left the diocese of Växjö in southern Sweden reeling, has resigned.
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Anglicans snub Swedish lesbian bishop
Society: 4 Nov 09
Anglican bishops from England and Northern Ireland have rebuffed invitations to attend the ordination of the openly gay Eva Brunne to be the next Bishop of Stockholm.
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Church of Sweden says yes to gay marriage
National: 22 Oct 09
The Synod of the Lutheran Church of Sweden has come down in favour of church weddings for homosexuals in a vote held on Thursday morning.
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Sweden's archbishop to perform Victoria's royal wedding
Society: 23 Aug 09
Crown Princess Victoria and her fiancé Daniel Westling are to be wed by Sweden’s archbishop Anders Wejryd.
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Anglo-Swedish rift over church gay marriage
Society: 16 Jul 09
The Church of England has condemned a proposal by the Church of Sweden to grant same-sex couples the right to religious wedding ceremonies.
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Church of Sweden rocked by sex scandals
National: 15 Jun 09
The Church of Sweden has already been shaken by several sex scandals this year. Archbishop Anders Wejryd regrets the incidents, and maintains that transparency is the best policy.
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Church nuptials closer for gays in Sweden
National: 13 Jun 09
The board of the Church of Sweden has proposed that same sex-couples be granted the right to religious wedding ceremonies. A final decision is expected in October.
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'God probably doesn't exist': Swedish humanists
Society: 10 Jun 09
The role of religion in public life in Sweden has been brought into sharp relief by a provocative ad campaign questioning the existence of God.
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Swedish MP to Pope: Ditch fundamentalism
Politics: 26 Mar 09
Prominent feminist politician Birgitta Ohlsson is demanding that the Swedish government launch a formal protest with the Vatican over the “religious fundamentalism” of Pope Benedict XVI.
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Victoria and Daniel name the day
National: 23 Mar 09
Crown Princess Victoria will marry fiancé Daniel Westling in Stockholm on 19th June 2010, the Royal Court has announced.
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SVT denies Vatican conspiracy rumours
Society: 4 Feb 09
The journalist for Sveriges Television (SVT) who conducted an interview with conservative Catholic bishop Richard Williamson in which he denied the Holocaust, has denied allegations that SVT was involved in a plot to damage Pope Benedict XVI.
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Most Swedish pastors willing to wed gay couples
Society: 23 Jan 09
Nearly seven in ten pastors in the Church of Sweden are open to performing marriage ceremonies for gay couples in churches.
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Church furor over 'racist' religious group
Society: 22 Jan 09
The Church of Sweden on Thursday cited lax oversight as the reason why a conservative religious group aiming to convert Sweden to Catholicism and with leaders who deny the Holocaust was given permission to hold meetings in Swedish churches.
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Porn-surfing clergyman downs church network
Society: 20 Oct 08
A church minister from Strängnäs in central Sweden has resigned from his post after his porn-surfing habits led to the spread of a virus that knocked out the local church network.
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Politician resigns over 'naked Jesus' exhibition
Politics: 19 Jun 08
A local Moderate Party politician has resigned over the upcoming 'Ecce Homo' exhibition in Örnsköldsvik, northern Sweden.
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Churches vital for Christian Iraqis in Sweden
Analysis & Opinion: 2 Jun 08
For many Christian Iraqis who have found a safe haven in Sweden, integrating into a strange new culture is a trying process. But their churches, present in Sweden for decades, play a big role in easing the way, writes AFP's Sophie Mongalvy.
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Church of Sweden approves gay marriage law
Politics: 12 Dec 07
The Church of Sweden has said it approves of moves towards gay marriage, but wants to reserve the word 'marriage' for straight couples.
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Church of Sweden split over gay marriage
National: 25 Oct 07
Church of Sweden delegates have voted to retain the right to carry out legally binding weddings. But not everybody is happy with the prospect of a new gender-neutral marriage law.
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'China must act' Tutu tells Swedes
National: 28 Sep 07
Desmond Tutu has told a Gothenburg audience that he will boycott the Beijing Olympics if China does not act over the violence in Burma. "You have been extraordinarily courageous and wonderful," he tells Burmese protesters.
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Swedes turn out to back Burmese
Politics: 28 Sep 07
Demonstrations are planned in Stockholm and Gothenburg on Friday in support of protesters in Burma, with some members of the public turning up to work in red to express sympathy for the Burmese monks.
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50,000 join Stockholm Pride parade
Society: 4 Aug 07
Some 50,000 people have marched through Stockholm on Saturday in the 2007 Stockholm Pride parade, while half a million people lined the streets. Drag queens and muscle men were joined by police, priests and politicians.
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Church of Sweden barred from Ethiopian summit
Society: 27 Apr 07
The Church of Sweden's decision to give its blessing to gay couples has led to a large Ethiopian Church retracting its invitation to a major summer congress.
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Inquiry gives green light to gay marriage
Society: 21 Mar 07
An official inquiry has proposed that Sweden allow same-sex couples to marry on the same terms as heterosexuals. As well as protests from religious groups, gay campaigners are angry that priests would still be allowed to refuse to officiate at gay weddings.
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Swedish artist commits cardinal sin in Rome
National: 7 Dec 06
Italian police brought Swedish artist Elisabeth Ohlson Wallin’s photo shoot to a hasty end in Rome last Saturday. It seems cardinals with erections are frowned upon in the Catholic country.
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Say a little prayer for Sweden
Lifestyle: 11 Aug 06
Christianity in Sweden has a long history, but you won't find many Swedes in the pews on a Sunday. But that doesn't mean Swedish religious groups don't have the capacity to cause a stir, as Christine Demsteader reports.
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Wejryd named as Swedish archbishop
Society: 30 Mar 06
Anders Wejryd, the bishop of Växjö, has been named Sweden's new archbishop after winning Thursday's decisive vote, the Swedish Church has announced. He becomes Sweden's 69th archbishop.
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Sibling rivalry in fight for Swedish Church
National: 26 Jan 06
The brother and sister of the leader of the Church of Sweden, Archbishop K.G. Hammar, are competing to succeed him. The time is not ripe for a woman Archbishop, says the brother.
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Head of Swedish Church to quit next year
Smörgåsbord: 25 Aug 05
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Government lets apathetic boy stay
Politics: 7 Jul 05
In what could be a landmark decision, the government has taken into account the mental health of a so-called 'apathetic' child in reaching a decision about an family's asylum application
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China warns Sweden on Dalai Lama
National: 14 Jun 05
The Dalai Lama is in Sweden, for talks with the Swedish church. China has warned the Swedish government not to let the Tibetan spriritual leader engage in political activities whilst in the country.
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Dalai Lama to meet Swedish archbishop
Smörgåsbord: 12 Jun 05
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Royals and Persson at Pope?s funeral
National: 8 Apr 05
As John Paul II is buried in Rome, Swedish leaders are on hand to pay their respects. Göran Persson said that, despite their differences, he saw the late pontiff as a “great religious leader”.
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King leads Sweden?s tributes to Pope
National: 3 Apr 05
Sweden’s politicians and church leaders react to the death of John Paul II. The government extends its sympathy to “the millions of people throughout the world who have lost their spiritual leader," as Swedish Catholics gather in Stockholm to mark the Pope's passing.
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Carl Gustaf: "Nobody dares to take responsibility"
National: 10 Jan 05
In a moving speech King Carl Gustaf reminds victims of the tsunami that he knows how it feels to grow up without a father and "like the king in the fairytale" wishes he could make everything all right. But in a newspaper interview he reveals that it took the government 36 hours to brief him on events in Asia.
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Sweden brings home its dead
National: 5 Jan 05
In the small hours of Wednesday morning six bodies of Swedish victims of the Asian tsunami landed in Stockholm. The royal family, the prime minister and church leaders joined relatives at the airport to honour the dead.
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Gay parents denied right to baptise children
Smörgåsbord: 23 Nov 04
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6 out of 10 Swedes back gay church marriage
Society: 15 Sep 04
Nothing brings people together quite like a wedding. Unless, of course, it happens to be between people of the same sex - in which case there's apparently nothing more divisive.
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"When I studied at Stockholm University I was exposed to the telephone time concept. If you wanted to talk to a teacher you had to only call during certain times and visit them during certain times. Even if they were in their office with the door open you could not knock and talk to them..." READ »
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