Saturday, January 8, 2011

Three bishops are received as RCs

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From The Church Times- THREE former Anglican bishops who were received into the Roman Catholic Church on New Year’s Day will be ordained to ...

Anglicans begin search for new bishop

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From California- The area's Anglican community is taking steps to find a new bishop for the Anglican Diocese of San Joaquin. The current...

For local Episcopalians, vote in Sudan gets personal

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From St.Louis- On Sunday , the people of south Sudan will begin the process to decide whether to split Africa's largest country in two a...

Prominent N.Va. Anglican church says priest fired after surfing porn sites

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From The Washington Post- A longtime priest at one of the country's largest and most prominent conservative Anglican churches has been f...
Friday, January 7, 2011

'Pushing back the darkness' -- Episcopalians continue Haitian missions

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From Alabama- There's rubble in the streets, cholera in the water, anger among the voters - and glimmers of hope in surprising places in...

Clergy piggyback rides banned

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From The "You Can't Make This Stuff Up" Department. Australia. CATHOLIC clergy have been banned from giving children piggyback...

Former Harford priest faces sex abuse charges

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From Maryland- A retired Episcopal priest who served for six years at a church in Street and has ties to two other churches in Harford Count...
Thursday, January 6, 2011

As the season of goodwill fades, an old problem returns: religious disputes that draw in secular courts

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From The Economist- P ULSES rarely race in Shaughnessy, a genteel, old-money district of Vancouver where mature cedars shield mansions with ...

Bishop Zubik to have surgery on back

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From The Pittsburgh Tribune Review- Pittsburgh Bishop David Zubik is scheduled to undergo his second back surgery in nine months this mornin...

Church pledges support to south Sudan government

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From Sudan- The Episcopal church of Sudan on Wednesday pledged to work with the regional government of south Sudan in building peace and pro...

Prayers offered to mark 10th anniversary of Episcopal-Lutheran full-communion agreement

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From ENS- Members of the Episcopal Church and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America are being urged to remember in their prayers the fi...

Former Roman Catholic to be ordained an Episcopal priest

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From Baltimore- Red is the predominant liturgical color for ordinations of Episcopal priests and white for ritual ceremonies, like the Feast...

Retired Episcopal priest charged with sexual abuse

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From Baltimore- Episcopal Church and Montana officials say a retired priest is facing child sexual abuse charges and is awaiting extradition...
Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Springfield, Western Kansas bishops-elect receive required canonical consents

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From ENS- The office of Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori announced Jan. 4 that bishops-elect in the dioceses of Springfield and We...

EAST TENNESSEE: Diocese adds petition nominee to bishop slate

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From ENS- A fifth priest has been added to the slate of four people nominated by the Episcopal Diocese of East Tennessee to stand for electi...

St. James' Episcopal Church in Hyde Park will celebrate bicentennial

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From New York- In 1811, a small group of residents founded St. James' Episcopal Church along Albany Post Road (Route 9), on property own...

Fla. ex-Catholic priest writes of his romance

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From USA Today: A former Catholic priest from Miami who left the church after photos surfaced of him kissing his then-girlfriend is criticiz...
Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Daniel Martins Approved as Springfield Bishop

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From The Living Church- Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has informed the Diocese of Springfield that the Rev. Daniel H. Martins h...

In New Year message, Archbishop of Canterbury addresses impact of King James Bible

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From ENS- Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has celebrated the impact of the King James Bible since its publication 400 years ago. ...

Episcopal diocese of Aweil calls for peaceful referendum

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From Sudan- With less than a week before a referendum to go to decide whether southern Sudan will secede or remain part of a united Sudan, t...

Episcopal Church's Haiti Appeal ready to accept donations

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From ENS- The Episcopal Church is preparing to launch a fund-raising effort to help "rebuild the soul" of Haiti, according to a Ja...

Leaving the Church for Love

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From ABC (with video) Today, my wife and I attended her doctor's appointment and discovered that our baby is a girl. In a few short mont...
Monday, January 3, 2011

Nigeria: Blast Meant to Trigger Coup

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From Nigeria- ArchBishop Metropolitan and Primate of All Nigeria Anglican Communion, Most Reverend Nicholas Okoh, has described the series o...

Former Anglican bishops to be ordained priests two weeks after becoming Roman Catholics

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From The Telegraph- So it turns out that John Broadhurst, Andrew Burnham and Keith Newton will spend less than two weeks as laymen. Accordin...

Jan 2 1921- a first

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A day late but still interesting- 1921 - The first religious program heard over the radio was broadcast from Calvary Episcopal Church of Pit...

Magdalene House a home away from home for visitors of federal inmates

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From Maryland- With an average of 16 people a weekend for five years, the Magdalene House has provided more than 4,000 comfortable and free ...

Santa Cruz's 'Red Church' minister certain he'll keep his job

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From California- Father Joel Miller, the rector at downtown's Calvary Episcopal Church, has faith that he won't lose his pulpit. Cha...

‘Father Oprah’ denounces Church in new book

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From Catholic Culture- A former Miami archdiocesan priest whose television, radio, and newspaper outreach extended to outlets as varied as T...
Sunday, January 2, 2011

Egyptian President Condemns Deadly Explosion Outside Church in Alexandria

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From VOA- Eyewitnesses say at least 21 people have been killed and scores wounded in a suicide bombing attack at a Coptic Christian church i...

In small groups and in large sanctuaries, faith changes lives

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From Florida- Having the Faith section come out on New Year's Day begs for a "Top 10 Religion Story" story. But that's not...