Year: 2011

Ugandan LGBT advocate murdered

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!”

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Voices of women

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.

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Faith and medicine

Should Catholic hospitals be able to restrict doctors from performing common and legal medical practices? Do such restrictions unfairly impinge on the rights of non-Catholic patients and doctors, particularly those in rural or underserved areas where alternative hospitals are not readily available?

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Dublin: Days 1&2

Topics shared in plenary included those of mission—how to best share the gospel with the world; of diversity—how Communion members could hold different positions but still work together; of the implications and expectations brought about by different models of primatial leadership; and of the need to better address HIV infection; anti-conversion and blasphemy laws; persecution of minorities and situations of national division.

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Study of women clergy released

The recently completed study, based on research conducted during the 2006-2009 triennium, provides a new understanding of the challenges, career patterns, constraints, and overall welfare and wellness of clergy women.

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Rectory becomes transitional housing

y Father’s House, a refurbished apartment attached to the former rectory of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, was recently dedicated for community service.

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Court ruling may bring healing

“We are, of course, pleased with last week’s decisions,” said Coleman. “We hope it may hasten the day when our building at Burnett Street and Tenth will be returned to our use.”

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The Presiding Bishop at the halfway mark

The PB frequently receives positive media attention; her presence and words help to move public opinion. However, the many forces pulling TEC in a wide variety of directions exert too strong of a fragmenting influence for what, from national and global perspectives, is a relatively small organization.

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