Saturday, February 13, 2016

Lent: Muslims stand in solidarity with Christians by tweeting what they will give up until Easter

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From The Independent- In a show of solidarity, Muslims are standing with Christians and giving up guilty pleasures for lent. For Christian...

Joint Declaration of Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill

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From The Vatican- Pope Francis and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met in Havana, Cuba on Friday (12 Feb) to si...

Chase violence out of religion, urges Welby

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From The Church Times- THE global turmoil and conflict driven by extremism can be stopped only once religiously motivated violence has bee...
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Friday, February 12, 2016

Lionel Richie Shares Hilarious Tale of Writing 'We Are the World' With Michael Jackson

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From the "Who Would Have Guessed Department"- Richie met his Commodore bandmates while a freshman at Tuskegee Institute and he r...

Diamonds and Faith: Transitioning Between Denominations

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From Huffington- For myself, at varying times in my life, the Roman Catholic Church was the best denomination for me. It served me well, a...

Alabama Episcopal Diocese investigates allegations of past sex abuse

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From Alabama- A group of leaders from St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Vestavia Hills recently asked the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama to inv...
Thursday, February 11, 2016

Kasich's Spiritual Adviser Thinks Gay Rights Activists Are Fascist "Thought Nazis"

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From Mother Jones- Despite his calls for tolerance, Kasich is part of a religious community that was built almost entirely on opposition t...
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The married priest debate

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From National Catholic Register- They haven't ordered team jerseys yet, but two sharply divided sides are lining up in the married pri...

Thrown to the lions? Catholic & Anglican leaders say Christians now a minority

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From Russia Today- Practicing Christians are now a minority in the UK and the Catholic and Anglican churches must pull together in order t...

Bishop might spark change

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From Ft. Wayne- Wednesday morning during rush hour, the Rev. Douglas E. Sparks spent time at a bus stop near the Mayo Clinic in Rochester,...
Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Henry VIII chapel hosts first Catholic service in 450 years

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From London- The sounds of Latin song echoed through the halls of Hampton Court Palace in London for the first Catholic service in more th...

Chattanooga Mourns the Passing of "Brother Ron"

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From Chattanooga- Chattanooga has lost an advocate for those who rarely had a voice in the city. St. Paul's Episcopal church says Ron ...

Ex-St. George’s School chaplain now target of N.C. abuse probe

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From The Boston Globe- In 1974, when the Rev. Howard H. White Jr. was quietly let go as assistant chaplain at St. George’s School in Middl...

Gay marriage remains divisive issue in Episcopal Church

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From Tennessee- A resolution passed by delegates from Episcopal parishes in Middle Tennessee signals that the long-simmering same-sex marr...
Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Episcopal church leader calls Anglican censure ‘fair’

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From RNS- Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Michael Curry is describing the recent censure of his church over allowing clergy to perform s...
Monday, February 8, 2016

Anglican diocese looks to secure future through ethical investing

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From The Globe and Mail- There are a lot of empty pews in the Anglican Diocese of Quebec’s churches, but the treasury is fuller than it ha...

Professor, Wheaton College 'part ways' after controversy over head scarf, Facebook remarks

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From Chicago- A Christian college professor who sparked nationwide debate — and scrutiny from her school — after donning a hijab and sayin...

Northern Indiana diocese elects Douglas E. Sparks as eighth bishop

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 ENS- The Rev. Douglas E. Sparks was elected Feb. 6 to serve as the eighth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Northern Indiana, pending th...
Sunday, February 7, 2016

Letter from the Bishop regarding the Rev. Howard White

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From The Diocese of Western North Carolina (and related to the post previous)- Just a few weeks ago I wrote to let you know that Howard Wh...

Complaint sets in motion a 'healing' process

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From Rhode Isalnd- When a complaint is filed with a diocesan "intake officer" about a member of the Episcopal clergy, the church...
Friday, February 5, 2016

Archbishops launch evangelism week of prayer

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From The Church Times- ALL serving clergy in the Church of England will soon receive a letter from the Archbishops of Canterbury and York ...

First Anglican Ordinariate Bishop Ordained: ‘It Means We’re Here to Stay’

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From National Catholic Register- In a majestic Mass at Houston’s Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart on Tuesday evening, history was made for...

Church ethos of 'easy forgiveness' failed to stop child sex abuse, says Peter Jensen

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From The Guardian- There was an attitude of forgive-and-forget in the Anglican church that failed to halt abuse by child sex predators, fo...
Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Episcopalians Intend to Vote

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From The Living Church- The House of Deputies Newsletter reports in “Primates Meet, Confusion Ensues” that the Episcopal Church’s members ...

Pope Apologizes for Killing Protestants

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From The Trumpet- Pope Francis officially apologized for persecuting Protestants on January 25, as he unveiled plans for a radical push fo...
Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Is the Church of England Fit for Purpose?

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From Huffington- That's not news to anybody, but let's start with that. It's not alone - a seismic shift in economy, technolog...

Should Episcopalians repent?

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From Christian Century- I was once in the company of an Anglican bishop from Sudan when he was interrupted by an inebriated man who had so...

Episcopal Priest Takes Laundry Love to Amagansett

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From Long Island- The Rev. Gerardo Roma Garcia, sent to East Hampton by the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island to oversee the church’s new E...
Monday, February 1, 2016

Francis is merely following predecessors on ecumenism

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From Boston Globe- Narratives, especially as they come to be shaped in the media, are a funny thing. Every public figure has one, and on...

Vatican veteran poised to lead converts

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From Houston- Steven Lopes was a "cradle Catholic," reared in a family that never acted as if religion stopped at the church doo...