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Day: January 19, 2011

Rosa Parks enshrined at National Cathedral

January 19, 2011 No Comments

Six feet above the vaulted entranceway to Washington National Cathedral, the rough contours of Rosa Parks’ face are taking shape.

Intra-Faith dialogue is hard

January 19, 2011 1 Comment

Every Christian claims Jesus, so essential questions of how we understand Jesus, his earthly ministry, the meaning of the crucifixion, the nature of his call upon our lives (questions to which a non-Christian is largely indifferent) become the grounds of our essential debate and, literally, a matter of life and death.

San Joaquin to elect next provisional bishop

January 19, 2011 1 Comment

The Standing Committee has selected the Rt. Rev. Chester L. Talton, retired bishop suffragan of the Diocese of Los Angeles, as the candidate for the next provisional bshop of the Episcopal Diocese of San Joaquin.

Vatican letter a smoking gun?

January 19, 2011 5 Comments

Nearly 14 years before the corrosive extent of abuse of thousands of children in Irish Catholic institutions came to light, there was a Vatican letter to the Irish bishops telling them, in Vatican-canonical-speak to do… what?

Gen Y reject parents’ style in homes; churches?

January 19, 2011 3 Comments

Here’s what Generation Y doesn’t want: formal living rooms, soaker bathtubs, dependence on a car.

In other words, they don’t want their parents’ homes.

Parenting by gays more common in South

January 19, 2011 2 Comments

“as demographers sift through recent data releases from the Census Bureau, they have found that Jacksonville is home to one of the biggest populations of gay parents in the country”

An admirable prior