House of Bishops meeting begins
The Episcopal Church Department of Public Affairs has issued the first of its Daily Accounts of the meeting of the House of Bishops September 16
The Episcopal Church Department of Public Affairs has issued the first of its Daily Accounts of the meeting of the House of Bishops September 16
A majority of Americans surveyed for the just released book, Counted Out: Same-Sex Relations and Americans’ Definitions of Family, consider same-sex couples with children to
Pope: “As we reflect on the sobering lessons of the atheist extremism of the twentieth century, let us never forget how the exclusion of God, religion and virtue from public life leads ultimately to a truncated vision of man and of society and thus to a “reductive vision of the person and his destiny”.
The ACNS reports the primates of the Anglican Communion will meet in Ireland January 25-31, 2011. Read it here.
Kendall Harmon reports that in the Diocese of South Carolina there is the view that the revised Title IV canons encroach on the authority of
“Within the CAPA family however there are Provinces who have continued to partner with TEC and its related agencies in development programs despite their disapproval of TEC’s actions. The CAPA secretariat has the obligation to work and accompany all the member Provinces.” – CAPA Chairman Ian Ernest
The most blessed youth having arrived at Rome, when he shed tears, proofs of his devotion, before the sacred relics of the apostles, and had with many prayers commended the desire of his heart to their patronage, betook himself to the Bishop of the Supreme See, and when he had explained to him the cause of his journey, the Pope accepted his devotion, and treated him with the greatest affection as his son.