We know that already, some bishops who do not take the same position as Archbishop Nzimbi have courageously registered for the conference. Yet others, maybe from fear, are attending as observers.
Christianity Today brings us two stories. First, CT presented a five day exchange between two emergent church figures: Tony Jones is the national coordinator of
The New Zealand Catholic reports, Cardinal Roger Mahony of Los Angeles has barred a controversial Australian bishop from speaking in his California archdiocese. In a
From The Point for Freedom and Democracy: Speaking last Thursday at a victory celebration held at the Buffer Zone in Tallinding, President Jammeh said that
Thinking Anglicans has a statement from the Church of Nigeria in which the director of communications, the Venerable Akintunde Popoola (or AkinTunde, both spellings are
Anglican Mainstream reports the Most Rev. Mouneer Anis, Presiding Bishop of the Middle East and Jerusalem, has written that he will not be attending GAFCON.
Referring to the agitation for the creation of Obosi Diocese, the chancellor made it categorically clear that no diocese would be created in an atmosphere of rancour and bitterness.
Services in more than a dozen tongues – including English and Arabic, but most of them South Asian such as Urdu, Tagalog, Tamil or Malayam – fill not only the main church from 6 am to 11 pm but the 25 other halls built around a central courtyard adorned with a Canterbury cross.
Recently two researchers at the University of British Columbia concluded that 6.5 to 16.5 percent of children’s happiness can be accounted for by their spirituality. They asked 315 children to describe their daily spiritual experiences by rating statements such as “I feel a higher power’s presence,” and answering questions including “How often do you pray or meditate privately outside of church or other places of worship?”
Christ, why do you allow wars and massacres on earth? By what mysterious judgement do you allow innocent people to be cruelly slaughtered? I cannot know. I can only find assurance in the promise that your people will find peace in heaven, where no one makes war. As gold is purified by fire, so you purify souls by these bodily tribulations, making them ready to be received above the stars in your heavenly home.