“Cardinal Newman, whose beatification by the Pope should be the highlight of the visit, offered to drink a toast to the Pope – but to conscience first, and the Pope second. We agree completely.”
From the CAPA conference, some Bishops continue to fight the sexaulity wars within Anglicanism, some want Africa to missionize the world, and others want the church in Africa to focus on African problems.
The dean of the breakaway Anglican school says that they denied admission to a four year girl with lesbian parents not just because of their teaching about sexuality, but also out of pastoral sensitivity to the child.
When the Rev. Michael P. Milliken becomes the Bishop of Western Kansas, he will remain rector of Grace Church, Hutchinson.
The continent of Africa is facing a future in which climate change will kill more people than traditional causes such as malaria and HIV, according to a Ugandan environmental expert.
My own reading of the story of the Annunciation, in particular, has been shaped by the way that a number of 20th century poets, male and female, have read that story – seeing it as a story about how the Incarnation happened, and about miraculous and world-changing cooperation between a human being and God. And also in how the story is told in Scripture – especially in Luke’s gospel.
Mr. Syle was born, November 9th, 1846, in Shanghai, China, where his father was stationed as a missionary. When in his fifth year, he was sent to America, on account of his health. At the age of six, he lost his hearing from scarlet fever. His education, which was carried on in the private school of Mr. D. E. Bartlett, at Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., and at St. John’s College, Cambridge, England, was interrupted more than once, and by various causes; but whenever he studied, he won high distinction.