Saturday, January 7, 2017

Church in Wales marks 20 years of women priests

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From The BBC (with video)- It comes just weeks before the church marks another milestone - with the consecration of its first woman bishop...

Norwegian Church passes milestone in modification of its links with State

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From The Church Times- A LAW that will partially disestab­lish the Church of Norway from the State has come into force this New Year. A Bi...

Diocese of Bethlehem issues call for election of next bishop

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From ENS- When you gave me the honor of serving as your bishop provisional in March 2014, I pledged to spend several years working with yo...

Church of the Epiphany, Christ the King Lutheran Church prep for merger

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 From Western Massachusetts- The congregations of the Episcopal Church of the Epiphany and Christ the King Lutheran Church will officially...

IRONY OF EPISCOPAL HISTORY

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From First Things- Allen Guelzo observes in his history of the Reformed Episcopal Church that historians of American Episcopalianism are m...
Friday, January 6, 2017

Church Probes Breakaway Bundibugyo Christians

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From Uganda- Rwenzori Diocese Bishop Reuben Kisembo and the church leadership have instituted a committee to investigate claims put forwar...

North Carolina adds two bishop candidates by petition

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From ENS- The Standing Committee of the Diocese of North Carolina is pleased to announce the addition of two petition candidates to the sl...

Liberal churches are dying. But conservative churches are thriving.

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From The Washington Post- Mainline Protestant churches are in trouble: A 2015 report by the Pew Research Center found that these congregat...
Thursday, January 5, 2017

Desmond Tutu Joins Advocates To Call For Right To Assisted Death

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From NPR- Desmond Tutu, South Africa's former Anglican archbishop and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, recently celebrated his 85th birth...

Episcopal Relief & Development Welcomes Four New Members to Board of Directors

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From Benzinga- Episcopal Relief & Development welcomes four new members to its Board of Directors: The Rt. Rev. Mary Gray-Reeves (Dioc...
Tuesday, January 3, 2017

PUTTING THE INCARNATION BACK IN ‘INCARNATIONAL’

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From The Living Church- The Church today is particularly skilled at transforming articles of faith into principles for action. Once “abstr...

Anglican Bishop Kicks Against Corruption

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From Ghana- The Right Reverend Francis Benjamin Quashie, Anglican Bishop of the Koforidua, has called for all-out-war against corruption –...

Offering Syringes Along With Prayers, Churches Help IV Drug Users

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From Kaiser Health- St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Fayetteville, Arkansas, launched its syringe exchange program last November. Shelby Car...

Quick-thinking vicar saves parishioner who caught fire during Christmas Day service

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From The Telegraph- A vicar was left with 30 per cent burns to his fingers after rushing to help a parishioner who accidentally set hersel...

Chalking the Door: Blessing Your Home for Epiphany

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From Aleteia- A beautiful Epiphany tradition will continue at my parish this morning, as a priest will bless chalk and scrawl markings ove...

The Reformation 500 years on: do we need 95 New Theses for the 21st century?

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From "Archbishop Cranmer"- ‘Protestants’ acquired their name because they were first and foremost, protesters. They publicly dec...
Monday, January 2, 2017

Clergy calls for Peace as country ahead of polls

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From Kenya- Religious leaders across the country have called for peace as the country gets into a critical electioneering period. Speakin...

Cynthia Patterson, wife of Quebec's Anglican bishop, becomes priest

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From The CBC- When Cynthia Patterson was ordained as an Anglican priest in late November, it marked the first time, to her knowledge, that...

'Separation of church, state' doesn't mean what atheists want it to mean

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From WND- On Jan. 1, 1802, the people of Cheshire, Massachusetts, sent a giant block of cheese to President Thomas Jefferson, being presen...

Archbishop of Canterbury’s 2017 New Year message

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From ENS- Recently I stood in the ruins of Coventry Cathedral, which was bombed on 14th November, 1940. On the remains of the wall behind ...
Sunday, January 1, 2017

Meet the captain of the realists on the Church and women

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From Crux- Two months ago, an important Vatican milestone passed in basic silence. Oct. 15 marked the 40th anniversary of Inter Insigniore...

When you’re the only one who shows up to church

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From Maine- All of Portland seemed to be in a bad mood that Sunday afternoon not too long ago. The sky was spitting rain in intermittent b...

Two hats, two robes: Beaumont judge doubles as Orange Episcopal priest

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From Houston- A immoderate lover of coffee, Judge Keith Giblin talked fast as he convened his federal magistrate court. Wrist-shackled and...
Saturday, December 31, 2016

Facebook puts a freeze on North Pole Santa Claus' page for Christmas

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From Alaska- Prominent North Pole resident Santa Claus says Facebook temporarily locked him out of his account Christmas Day. On his Faceb...

Churchgoers' efforts aimed at 'stumping' pastor 'a riot'

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From Florida- When Debbie Wieland enters the sanctuary of Epiphany Celebration Anglican Church on New Year's Day, she hopes an item sh...

Will Liberal Church Attendance Spike Because of Trump?

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From Christian Post- While the debate continues over the exact fallout that will come from the election of Donald Trump, one group may rea...

Voice of God steers growth of human beings

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From Texas- Human beings are not created to live their lives in monologue, speaking only to themselves, obeying only some vague little voi...

Theology on Tap: Locals grab beers and Bibles and join intense theological discussion

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From Virginia- A frothy mug of dark-colored craft beer rested across a table from a like-filled mug of suds. Just down the table, several ...
Friday, December 30, 2016

Harris agrees with priest on Holy Innocents toy ban

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From Trinidad- ARCHBISHOP of Port-of- Spain, Joseph Harris, is supporting a decision of one of his priests who said he was no longer bless...

Like other old institutions, England’s state religion uses artful adaptation

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From The Economist- THE TIMING may have been a little provocative but some of the proposals are evolutionary rather than revolutionary. Br...