Saturday, January 12, 2013

Nigerian bishops’ threat to Church of England on sexuality

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From Ekklesia- Nigerian Anglican bishops have condemned the Church of England decision to allow celibate clergy in civil partnerships to b...

How the Gospel Brings Renewal

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From The Living Church- Joe Thoma writes for the Episcopal Diocese of Central Florida: The Rev. Dr. Reid Hensarling, Associate Rector at A...

For South Carolina Episcopalians, a break from lifelong homes

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From Lubbock Texas- Beyond the headlines, the story of the Diocese of South Carolina’s split from the national Episcopal church is the sto...
Friday, January 11, 2013

Nigeria: Gay Bishop - Anglican Church in Nigeria Threatens to Breakaway

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From Nigeria- The Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion has threatened to breakaway from the Church of England over the decision of the lat...

Bishop Justin Welby becomes archbishop of Canterbury-elect

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From ENS- A medieval ceremony has begun the process of the Rt. Rev. Justin Welby becoming the archbishop of Canterbury. The College of Ca...

Ministry puts pastor face-to-face with 21st century slaves

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From Iowa (written by an Episcopal priest) Human trafficking sounds like something that happens in third world countries to nameless, pove...

Civil partnerships: ‘We should have shown workings’

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From The Church Times- THE Bishop of Sodor & Man, the Rt Revd Robert Paterson, expressed his disappointment this week with the way i...

Obama To Use MLK, Lincoln Bibles During Oath At Presidential Inauguration

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From Huffington- President Barack Obama is putting a symbolic twist on a time-honored tradition, taking the oath of office for his second ...

Trendy Episcopalians and the Dakota War: Romanticizing a grisly time and some ugly atrocities.

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From The American Spectator- Recently a blog for liberal Episcopalians commemorated the 150th anniversary of the 38 Dakota Indians hanged ...

Bishop nominated for remaining Episcopal parishes

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From South Carolina- A retired bishop who lives on Daniel Island has been nominated to become provisional bishop for a diocese of Episcopa...
Thursday, January 10, 2013

Charles vonRosenberg nominated as South Carolina bishop provisional

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From ENS- The Rt. Rev. Charles Glenn vonRosenberg, a retired bishop of East Tennessee with longtime ties to South Carolina, has been nom...

Much ado about bishops: time for a more humane dispensation?

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From Ekklesia- There has been much ado about bishops of late. First, the Church of England's House of Laity rejected the consecration ...

Anglicans in Zimbabwe Regain Cathedral and Other Properties

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From The Council on Foreign Relations- For the past five years, Robert Mugabe’s government has, in effect, persecuted the Anglican Church ...

African Anglicans denounce Church of England gay bishop rule

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From Yahoo News- Senior African Anglican leaders have lined up to denounce the Church of England's decision to allow celibate gay bish...

Don’t worry! Chuck Hagel is an Episcopalian, not Catholic

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From Religion News Service- When President Obama nominated former GOP senator Chuck Hagel as Defense Secretary there was some murmuring — ...

St. Mark’s Episcopal Church announces Growing Campaign

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From Texas- On Sunday, January 6, the congregation of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church viewed a new, professionally-created video supporting th...

Episcopal Church in Totowa closing after 91 years

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From Newark- Borough resident Shirley Gerhardt, 88, remembers her early days at the Christ Episcopal Church on Totowa Road. She started go...
Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Why Is God Still Absent from Downton Abbey?

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From Christianity Today-- Let's start with the basics: The record-breaking Downton Abbey spans a deliciously long stretch of time. ...
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Ntagali attacks Church of England over gay bishops

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From Uganda- The Archbishop of the Church of Uganda Stanley Ntagali has attacked the Church of England over its recent decision to allo...

Anglican university in the Congo attacked

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From ENS- One of the member schools in Colleges and Universities of the Anglican Communion (CUAC) in Africa has been affected by the fight...

Media Blackout Of New Nuns – OpEd

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From Albany- Aside from Deacon Greg Kandra, the Catholic News Agency, and EWTN, both the religious and secular media—including the Catholi...

Petition Seeks Legal Ceasefire

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From The Living Church- “Bearing with One Another in Love,” a petition that urges a non-litigious resolution of tensions within the Dioces...

No Ordinary Year for the U.S. Anglican Ordinariate

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From National Catholic Register- When Father Scott Hurd, vicar general of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter — a home in t...

Same-sex weddings to begin at Washington National Cathedral

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From The Washington Post-   Washington National Cathedral — the seat of the Episcopal Church, one of the world’s largest cathedrals and th...
Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Leading by example

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From The Pittsburgh Trib- The ups and downs of his first five years as leader of the McCandless-based Evangelical Lutheran Church in Ameri...

Kenya: Anglican Church Rejects Proposal for Gay Bishops

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From Kenya- The Anglican Church of Kenya has denounced a decision by the Church of England's House of Bishops to allow gay priests to ...

Parents Who Forgave Their Daughter's Killer: It 'Frees Us'

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From Texas- After their daughter was murdered in a fit of rage by her fiancee in 2010, a Florida couple decided to do the hardest thing po...

Breakaway SC Diocese Files Suit Over Church Property, Name

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From Christian Post- A diocese leadership that broke away from The Episcopal Church last year has filed suit against its former denominati...

Episcopal Diocese offers Richmond St. Matthias church property for free

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From Maine- St. Matthias Episcopal Church property, including two buildings and a half-acre lot, has been offered to the town for free. T...
Monday, January 7, 2013

Gay bishops and women bishops are not the same issue

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From The Spectator UK- This being the Ephiphany, churchgoing Anglicans will be on the receiving end of any variety of sermons on the visit...