President Obama’s invitation to speak at Notre Dame this spring is causing a number of Roman Catholic leaders to boycott the ceremony, including the Bishop of the local diocese. The problem is centered in the President’s support for keeping abortion legally available in the United States.
The Rev. Emily Hewitt, one of the Philadelphia 11 (the first group of women ordained to the priesthood in the Episcopal Church) has been appointed by President Obama as the Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.
The Episcopal Diocese and the continuing congregation at Grace Church in Colorado Springs have prevailed in court today. The breakaway congregation associated with CANA has been ordered to leave.
The bishops of Scotland have written that they intend to abide by the request for “gracious restraint” that was made this summer by the assembled bishops of the Anglican Communion in Lambeth.
Legislative Committees are where the real work of General Convention takes place. They receive the reports of Standing Commissions and the included resolutions as well
The Vermont Legislature appears likely to approve a bill which would legalize same-sex marriages in the state. The state Senate passed the bill overwhelmingly yesterday.
What does a Christian theology of sexuality look like if we begin—as did St Paul and arguably Jesus as well—with an ideal of celibacy? The first major change from our common cultural way of understanding sexuality is that if celibacy is the ideal, than an argument must be made for any and all kinds of sexual relationships. They cannot simply be assumed.
One of the signs of the present time is the idea of participation, the right that all persons have to participate in the construction of their own common good. For this reason, one of the most dangerous abuses of the present time is repression, the attitude that says, “Only we can govern, no one else; get rid of them.” Everyone can contribute much that is good, and in that way trust is achieved.