epiScope is carrying a statement from the Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori on the ongoing crisis in Zimbabwe. The Presiding Bishop calls for action by
Cardinal Walter Kasper, president of the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity, told the Catholic Herald that the Anglican Communion must “clarify its identity” and stop hovering between the Catholic and Protestant traditions.
In her decision, Madam Justice Milanetti ruled that the title of two of the three parishes clearly rests with the diocese and that the third probably does as well. She said that the position advanced by the diocese that parish facilities be shared seemed logical to her. Madam Justice Milanetti also awarded legal costs to the diocese of Niagara.
Greenville Online shares the good news of Christ Church’s work in Haiti. Working with Paul Farmer, founder of Partners in Health, the church has aided
The message of this announcement appears to be that Rome is sticking with Canterbury as the locus of authentic Anglicanism.
Episcopal Relief and Development reports that it is providing emergency assistance to communities in Burma affected by Cyclone Nargis. The storm, packing winds up to 120 miles per hour, swept through the country on Saturday, leaving at least 4,000 dead and 3,000 unaccounted. Officials fear that the death toll will top 10,000.
The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Pope met for about twenty minutes on Monday to discuss Christian-Muslim relations, Christian churches in China and for Williams to update Benedict on plans for the upcoming Lambeth Conference.
Think of serious agnosticism and atheism as a stance of faith. Its adherents believe human beings can and must create for themselves lives that are worth living, that we must forge values that work now without the claims of a supernatural source. It believes that though human beings enjoy only a few decades of existence and our species is destined for extinction, yet the adventure of human existence is sufficiently glorious to be lived well.
When I was just out of college, I was going through a particularly rough time. I was alone in a new town, far away from home and family and friends, and trying to figure out a new job, cope with an eccentric boss, and learn a new way of life. It was a rough transition. I was starting over from scratch, building a new life. It was hard and lonely work.
The number of young people under 16 who attend church dropped 20 percent over the period 2000-2006, so some in the Church of England are turning to the time-traveling Dr. Who for help.