Saturday, June 23, 2018

Diocese of Kansas announces candidates for bishop

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From ENS- The Council of Trustees, acting as the canonical Standing Committee of the Episcopal Diocese of Kansas, presents to the diocese...
Friday, June 22, 2018

Vestry of US church attempts to lock rector out after fallout

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From Church Times- A FORMER Principal of Trinity College, Bristol, Canon George Kovoor, has fallen out with his church in the United Stat...

On papal flight, Francis says intercommunion policy should be decided by diocesan bishops

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From Catholic News Agency- Pope Francis said Thursday that the German bishops’ debate on the reception of the Eucharist by the non-Cathol...

Hundreds march in Seattle to protest separation of immigrant families

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From Seattle- Religious leaders Thursday evening said they were tired of having their faith used to justify the separation of migrant fam...

Prayer service set at Texas detention center during General Convention

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From ENS- Responding to calls from Episcopalians across the church to act on behalf of families seeking asylum at the southern U. S. bord...
Thursday, June 21, 2018

We’re ministers in Jeff Sessions’s church. His immigration stance defies our values.

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From The Washington Post- Last month, Attorney General Jeff Sessions declared that if immigrants enter the United States without docume...

Anglicans worldwide are working to provide support and care for refugees

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From Anglican Journal- Today – June 20 – is World Refugee Day, when the world is called to remember the millions of individuals fleeing t...

I'm A Pastor, And Romans 13 Should Never Be Used To Defend Family Separation

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From Arizona- Father Robert Hendrickson is the rector at St. Philip's In The Hills Episcopal Church in Tuscon, Arizona. This is a le...

A child is never a negotiating tool

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From Maine- A Joint Statement from Bishop Robert P. Deeley, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland, and Bishop Stephen T. Lane...
Wednesday, June 20, 2018

Evangelical Christians 'sold' their principles in supporting Trump, says evangelical pastor

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From The Washington Examiner- Rev. Rob Schenck, a prominent evangelical minister and founding president of the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Instit...

600 United Methodists file complaint against Sessions for child abuse, discrimination

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From USA Today- More than 600 United Methodist clergy and laypeople have signed a formal denominational complaint against fellow United...
Tuesday, June 19, 2018

How the Anglican Church has hardened its stance against same-sex marriage

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From Australia- In the aftermath of the legalising of same-sex marriage in Australia, the Anglican Church has ramped up its discriminatio...

Bishop Curry speaks at Aberdeen affordable-housing rally

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From Michigan- The Rev. Michael Curry, the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church who gained international fame with his sermon at the ...

Utah Episcopal Diocese leader rips Trump administration over separation of families

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From Utah- Bishop Scott Hayashi of the Episcopal Diocese of Utah blasted Attorney General Jeff Sessions and the Trump administration for...

Is There a Place for Conservatives in the Episcopal Church?

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From The Living Church- R ichard Kearney in Strangers, Gods, and Monsters: Interpreting Otherness demonstrates how the modern nation-stat...
Monday, June 18, 2018

Chesterton report could put apologist on road to sainthood

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From Crux-   One of the best-known writers of the early 20th century could also be a model of sanctity, but the priest charged with compili...

Bishop Curry at St. Luke’s in Vancouver: ‘Love is the cure’

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From Olympia- St. Luke’s Episcopal Church nearly packed both Sunday morning services for a visit from the Most Rev. Michael Curry, who ser...
Sunday, June 17, 2018

Gay Christian rock star backed by Archbishop of Canterbury ditches her dream of being an Anglican priest because Church teaches she is 'sinful'

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From The Daily Mail- A Christian rock star has abandoned her dream of becoming an Anglican priest because as a gay woman she cannot accep...

Editorial: No 'winners' in bitter Episcopal church dispute

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From South Carolina- What is a church? Is it a group of like-minded people? A set of common beliefs? A tradition? A building? For so ma...

Royal wedding preacher leans on lessons learned from Buffalo dad

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From Buffalo- Presiding Bishop Michael Curry knew immediately what his message ought to be. Curry is the spiritual leader of the Episco...

Episcopal Bishop Curry -- 'Selfishness can destroy nations'

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From Seattle- The mission of Episcopal Presiding Bishop, the Most Rev. Michael Curry, is to thaw out "God's frozen people,"...
Saturday, June 16, 2018

Australian bishop: Seal of confession cannot be ended by ‘law of politicians’

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From Australia - Politicians can change the law, but priests won’t violate the confessional, said the administrator of the Archdiocese of...

Taking a lesson from Michael Curry could just save the Church of England

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From The Guardian- Reports that the Church of England is to   open up its pulpits to joyful Pentecostalist preachers   in the style of th...

Bishop Curry on taking children from parents: 'This is not America'

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From Seattle- Separation of immigrant children from their parents goes against American ideals and the traditions of Christianity, Islam,...

Episcopal Church bishop appoints new missioner for returning congregations

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From South Carolina- Bishop Skip Adams has appointed the Rev. William Coyne as the new missioner for returning congregations for the Epis...
Thursday, June 14, 2018

Supreme Court declines to hear appeal of South Carolina churches that broke away from Episcopalian church

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From Christian Times- The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear a case involving a group of churches seeking to keep $500 million worth ...