Saturday, April 12, 2014

Nathan Baxter reflects as he prepares to retire as bishop of Episcopal Diocese of Central Pennsylvania

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From Lancaster PA- As Nathan Baxter prepares to step down as bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Central Pennsylvania, he recalls to the be...
Friday, April 11, 2014

Oxford 2014: Healing the past and hopes for the future

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From Vatican Radio- Theologians from different countries and different Christian traditions are gathered in the English university city of...

Officials look for ways to fast-track women into Lords

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From The Church Times- CHURCH officials and advisers are considering ways to speed up the entry of women bishops into the House of Lords, ...

Anglican Leader, Under Fire for Remarks, Urges Caution on Same-Sex Marriage

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From The New York Times- The archbishop of Canterbury, under fire for appearing to link expanded gay rights in the United States to violen...
Thursday, April 10, 2014

Presiding Bishop visits Western North Carolina

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From ENS- Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori visited the Diocese of Western North Carolina April 6-8, leading a retreat where memb...

Watch it: Episcopalians to meet for peace gathering

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From Oklahoma- Today,  the Episcopal Church USA and the Episcopal Diocese of Oklahoma said that four plenary sessions at the denomination’...

Episcopal Church Moving Headquarters To Meriden

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From Connecticut- The Episcopal Church in Connecticut has a new headquarters, about 20 minutes south of Hartford, where it has been based ...
Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Pope Francis 'to meet Nicky Gumbel of HTB' – England's most dynamic vicar

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From The Telegraph- There's a rumour – which Lambeth Palace is neither confirming nor denying – that next time Archbishop Welby visits...

Anglican Bishop follows his fleeing flock across Africa

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From Anglican News- A bishop in Sudan has bemoaned the worsening war situation in his country. He said the continuing air bombardment on c...

Evangelism Booms, Catholicism Suffers in Post-Genocide Rwanda

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From Jakarta about Rwanda- Kigali. Jean-Claude Zamwita’s family abandoned the solemn organ music and stained glass windows of the Catholic...

Video: The American Cathedral in Paris: A place of transformation

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From ENS- The American Cathedral in Paris, officially the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, was built in the 1880s to serve an expanding comm...
Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Niagara Bishop to get public apology from blogger

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From Canada- The legal squabble between Niagara Bishop Michael Bird and an Oakville blogger who criticized him is over. The Diocese of Nia...

Virginia church may look Anglican, but it's fully Baptist

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From Charlottesville- Sunday mornings at All Souls Charlottesville are fairly common for an Anglican congregation. The Book of Common Pray...

Princeton Theological Seminary awarded $1.1 million grant for confirmation research

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From Princeton- The Princeton Theological Seminary has received a $1.1 million grant from Lilly Endowment, Inc. to fund The Confirmation P...

Statement from the Anglican Communion delegation to the 58th Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women

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From Anglican News- The priority theme for the 2014 session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UN CSW58) was “Challe...
Monday, April 7, 2014

Assassins storm Anglican church in Ijebu-Ode, kill high chief

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From Nigeria- An Ijebu chief, Chief Tola Okuneye was shot dead during a church service in Ijebu Igbo, Ogun State, by suspected assassins o...
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The facts of killing: how do we write about the Rwandan Genocide?

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From The New Statesman- In the 20 years since the genocide, Rwanda has become a much-studied topic, in writing that has proliferated acros...

Who owns historic White Clay Creek Presbyterian Church?

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From Delaware- One of Delaware's oldest and most historic congregations is in a religious dispute that will be argued this month in th...

Local places of worship seek balance between security, accessibility

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From Bradford PA- In light of several violent or otherwise criminal acts in or near area places of worship in recent years, local religiou...
Sunday, April 6, 2014

New bishop selected for Episcopal diocese

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From Massachusetts- Episcopalians of Eastern Massachusetts on Saturday elected the Rev. Alan M. Gates, rector of a large church in Ohio, t...

Why does progressive Pope Francis allow anti-gay bishops to preach hate?

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From The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette- A president struggling in the polls at home recently traveled to the Vatican. He was hoping that a photo...
Saturday, April 5, 2014

Anglicans and Catholics continue Malines Conversations in Canterbury

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From Vatican Radio- A group of Anglican and Catholic ecumenical experts have concluded an international meeting in the English city of Can...

Welby's argument against gay marriage has strength. But we can't yield to moral blackmail

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From The Guardian- Justin Welby has come out with a fascinating argument against the Church of England endorsing gay marriage – which is t...

Rites and Consequences

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From The Living Church- The Archbishop of Canterbury said today that Christians in parts of Africa face abuse, violence, and even death be...

With iPhone, pope starts a new era with Pentecostals

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From AP- The video, recorded on an iPhone, lasts less than eight minutes. The message is simple: We’re brothers despite our differences. Y...

Wilfrido Ramos Orench installed as provisional bishop of Puerto Rico

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From ENS- The Rt. Rev. Wilfrido Ramos Orench was installed as provisional bishop of the Diocese of Puerto Rico on March 28 at the Universi...
Friday, April 4, 2014

Anglican church releases options for same-sex marriages

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From New Zealand- Solutions for solving the gay ordination and marriage issue in the Anglican Church range from doing nothing, to the effe...

Rich are pushing world into crisis, Williams warns

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From The Church Times- THE former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Williams has blamed the lifestyle of the affluent West for the effects of ...

Bishop of Texas responds to Ft. Hood shooting

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From Texas- The Rt. Rev. C. Andrew Doyle, the Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Texas, issued the following response to the shooting at F...
Thursday, April 3, 2014

‘The Way of Wisdom’ at GTS

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From The Living Church- General Theological Seminary will change its style of education beginning in the fall of 2015. The seminary’s facu...