Yesterday President Obama took action to reorganize the White House Office for Faith-Based Initiatives by changing the name, the way the office is structured and
The behavior of conservative primates and advocacy groups at the recently-concluded Primates Meeting in Alexandria, Egypt and the comments of Bishop Gregory Venables in this interivew with George Conger suggest a change in the strategy, and perhaps the aims of the anti-gay faction in the Anglican Communion.
A day after the final Communiqué from the Primates’ meeting in Alexandria, and the release of the Windsor Continuation Group’s report, there are a number of pieces appearing which try to make sense of the mixed messages being heard.
I believe it is past time to stop the destruction (usually disguised as renovation) of high altars, screens, boxed pews, tablets, kneelers, reredos and other architectonical features often found in historic churches. In most cases, there are cheaper and simpler solutions that can be adopted and still respect the integrity of the original architectural style in which they were built.
Lord Jesus Christ
alive and at large in the world,
help me to follow and find you there today,
in the places where I work,
President Obama kept the tradition of US Presidents attending and speaking at the National Prayer Breakfast. Obama chose to emphasize the common experiences shared by
From the Oklahoman comes a story similar to a story we recently reported on in Texas. It seems Republican legislators are eager to let people
There is, it seems to me, a connecting thread between all the various depressing bits of Catholic news this past week, beginning with the clueless, insular outreach to reactionary SSPX anti-Semites and culminating in the latest revelations about the serial child rapist protected by John Paul II, Father Maciel. That thread is not sex or anti-Semitism. It is the abuse of absolute clerical power.
The report of the Windsor Continuation Group may well be a more important document than the communique released earlier today by the Primates of the Anglican Communion. We offer a link, some of the highlights and a little commentary.
There are continuing deep differences especially over the issues of the election of bishops in same-gender unions, Rites of Blessing for same-sex unions, and on cross-border interventions. The moratoria, requested by the Windsor Report and reaffirmed by the majority of bishops at the Lambeth Conference, were much discussed. If a way forward is to be found and mutual trust to be re-established, it is imperative that further aggravation and acts which cause offence, misunderstanding or hostility cease.