Images of saints Peter and Paul – perhaps some of the oldest – were shown last week to reporters in Rome after they were found using laser technology capable of burning off centuries of grime.
Following the example set by his primate, Bishop Azad Marshall of the Diocese of Iran has walked away from the Anglican Communion’s Standing Committee, the Church of England Newspaperreports.
Though it was a procedural ruling that did not determine who is legally able to represent the continuing Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth or the Corporation of the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth or its properties, the opinion prevented Bishop Iker from doing the same.
A Shenandoah Valley-based news site throws the spotlight on several ways in which the Episcopal Church is functioning in Haiti, with an emphasis on what might be considered a few of the positives. Take some time to click through these stories.
RCA remains affiliated with ELCA but has noted concern over Lutherans’ desire to open the ordination process to gays and lesbians.
It’s a good start for Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori on the New Zealand leg of a two-week stint.
Used well, a church’s or cleric’s blog can lend an informal tone to a conversation with a wider community.
God the Father, uncreated,
beyond grasp, invisible,
one God the maker of all;
this is the first and foremost article of our faith.