The Archdiocese of Sydney, one of the leading voices of conservative theology within the Anglican Communion, has suffered a huge financial loss in the past year. Peter Jensen, the Archbishop of the Diocese, is now wondering aloud about whether or not this loss constitutes God’s judgement upon them.
The Episcopal Church in Navajoland has been without a bishop since Bishop MacDonald accepted a call from his position as assisting bishop there to serve the indigenous people of the Anglican Church of Canada. Over the weekend the Rev. Canon David Bailey was named Canon to the Ordinary in this interim period.
There’s a new development in the continuing story of the Diocese of Sydney’s decision to allow deacons to “celebrate” the Holy Eucharist as a way of avoiding having to ordain women to the priesthood. According to news reports in Australia a church court has been convened to hear a suit brought against Sydney by other Australian bishops.
In the wake of the spread of an evangelical “prosperity gospel,” many African children have been denounced as witches and tortured.
There is no way for me to speak objectively of St. Luke or of his feast day. I live with a physician, have spent almost 75 percent of my life with him, and plan to spend 100 percent of its remainder with him.
Pittsburgh’s Provisional Bishop Kenneth L. Price offered counsel for a diocese struggling to rebound.
The strong possibility of individuals, or even whole congregations, defecting seems to have been clarified in light of decisions announced this week.
President Obama declares October Arts & Humanities Month
The weekly roundup of social media responses to our posts. Twitter has been quiet this week, although we’ve seen plenty of retweets from our followers, and Facebook has seen some lively conversation about the merits or lack thereof of Rick Warren’s books, among other things.
Thanks to a long turnaround by the Vatican on his work, the 17th-century astronomer now has an exhibit in his honor.