Twittering the CT election
October 24, 2009
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The Diocese of Connecticut is electing a bishop today, and Karin Hamilton, the diocese’s director of communications, is keeping up at steady twitter stream at
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Year: 2009
Drama queens in South Carolina
October 24, 2009
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The mainstream media is South Carolina have spilled a great deal of ink on a special convention to be held today in the Diocese of South Carolina. I am not sure why. As nearly as I can tell, the five resolutions being considered will have almost no effect on the life of the diocese or the Church.
Moral in tooth and claw
October 24, 2009
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Philosophical and scientific convention pull toward a conservative account of morality: Morality is a capacity unique to human beings. But the more we study the behavior of animals, the more we find that different groups of animals have their own moral codes. That raises both scientific and philosophic questions.
Wholeness and restoration
October 24, 2009
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Going home
October 24, 2009
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My return, which at first had been hesitant and tentative, grew wholehearted and sure. I had come back to stay. I hoped to live here the rest of my life. And once that was settled I began to see the place with a new clarity and a new understanding and a new seriousness. Before coming back I had been willing to allow the possibility—which one of my friends insisted on—that I already knew this place as well as I ever would.
Still more reaction on the Vatican scheme
October 23, 2009
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Archbishop Hiltz, Bishop Leo Frade and Dr. Muriel Porter all respond to the Vatican’s announcement of a new apostolic constitution for disaffected Anglicans.
Senate passes Shepard-Byrd hate crimes prevention act
October 23, 2009
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The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act passed the Senate and heads to the White House where President Obama has promised to sign it into law.
Tastes great. Fewer Trappists.
October 23, 2009
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It came as a surprise to discover that monks were no longer involved in the beer-making at Trappist brewer Westmalle during a visit to research for a feature of Trappist beers.
Countdown to gay marriage in Swedish churches
October 23, 2009
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The Church of Sweden will begin marrying same-sex couples in churches on All Saints Day.
Vatican-Anglican relations: what just happened
October 23, 2009
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We here in Rome have received many questions about the Vatican announcement on October 20 about the setting up of “Personal Ordinariates” for former Anglicans wishing to enter into full communion now with the Roman Catholic Church. Here are some answers to those questions posed by many.
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