The synod of the diocese of Ottawa, by an overwhelming vote of 177 to 97, today approved a motion requesting its bishop to allow clergy “whose conscience permits, to bless duly solemnized and registered civil marriages between same-sex couples, where at least one party is baptized” and to authorize rites for such blessings.
Crisis was predictable, and often extravagantly belligerent, eager to juxtapose “faithful Catholics” with, well, most Catholics. A typical example was an article denouncing journalists such as the Washington Post’s E. J. Dionne as “Catholics in Name Only.” Remind you of any outlets for commentary in the Episcopal/Anglican world?
The American Prospect, a liberal opinion magazine, now devotes a regular feature to chronicling the political machinations of the Religious Right. It’s called The FundamentaList.
The Dallas Morning News offers a profile of Bishop Gene Robinson and a sidebar on his parents. The bishop says: I take the long view
The Washington Post writes: “In the wildly popular ‘Left Behind’ series of evangelical Christian novels, the Antichrist takes the form of the secretary general of the United Nations, sets up an abortion-promoting world government and becomes the Global Community Supreme Potentate. Last night, the National Association of Evangelicals met for dinner at the Sheraton in Crystal City. The keynote speaker? Why, the Antichrist himself.
Manhood and Womanhood are free gifts from God. Adulthood is earned. These are the two basic premises of the youth formation program the Journey to Adulthood, one of the most popular youth formation programs in the Episcopal Church.
You know that God is everywhere, which is a great truth; wherever God dwells there is heaven, and you may feel sure that all which is glorious is near His Majesty.
The Anglican Scotist analyzes the Campaign to Frighten Rowan (CaFRow) currently being conducted by the Anglican right. Bishop Michael Nazir Ali is the latest campaigner to issue a most likely empty threat to “boycott” the Lambeth Conference. But the campaign is foundering. Primates of the Council of Anglican Provinces in African rebuffed Archbishop Peter Akinola’s attempt to organize a continent-wide boycott at their recent meeting, and some bishops from Akinola’s own province, the Church of Nigeria, have already accepted their invitations.