Senior bishops from Anglican churches worldwide are in Dublin and “needed to assume their responsibilities in tackling homophobia and the churches collusion in it”. Henry Orombi of the Church of the Province of Uganda is among the primates of the Anglican Communion who have boycotted the meeting because punishment of the gay-friendly Episcopal Church is not on the agenda.
If you stop being an Episcopalian, you can be a PC or a Mac. By the same token, if you’re a PC you can be an Episcopalian. We are you.
The length of primatial service varies across the Communion between two years renewable, and serving until retirement. Whereas in some Provinces the Primate can veto a synodical decision (after consultation with the Council/House of Bishops), in other Provinces the Primate needs permission from the bishop before even travelling to that bishop’s diocese.
This crime is a reminder of the heroic generosity of the people who advocate for and defend human rights on behalf of the rest of us — and the sacrifices they make. And as we reflect on his life, it is also an occasion to reaffirm that human rights apply to everyone, no exceptions, and that the human rights of LGBT individuals cannot be separated from the human rights of all persons.
The gender equality policies aimed at the formal structure of the Episcopal Church have, it seems, largely succeeded, but the informal mechanisms that perpetuate inequality, those that occur in everyday interactions outside the arena of formal policy making, remain in place. It became clear that the world of the parish and the internal workings of the family still present barriers to the advancement of women clergy.
We generally hesitate to call attention to misinformation from those waving their arms for attention, particularly a journalist, but sometimes it’s necessary to call BS.
Speaking of the bishop’s visit, the Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, the Very Revd Dermot Dunne said “It is truly a delight and a historic moment for the cathedral to welcome Dr Jefferts Schori who has done so much for the Anglican Communion in areas of minority inclusion”.
Witnesses told police that a man entered David Kato’s home in Mukono at around 1 p.m. on January 26, 2011, hit him twice in the head with a hammer. He a plaintiffs in the successful lawsuit earlier this month seeking a permanent injunction against the Ugandan tabloid outing gay Ugandans. Kato was of those who had been named by the tabloid under a headline tagged “Hang Them!”
I want to hear the voices of women
Reverberate around the world
Not the cries of the mourner and the victim only
Those too, of course
But also the articulate agendas of women’s passions
For a well, whole and flourishing world.