A Federal indictment alleges that in a period of over five years Charles and Diana Muir embezzled $1.4 million from the Woodcock Foundation, an Episcopal Church-related charity and scholarship fund founded in 1872 and based in Louisville..
Bishop Gene Robinson joined in a discussion of the relationship between religion and public policy held at the think tank where he will serve as a Senior Fellow after his retirement in January..
The baptism of Amelia Wall at General Seminary’s Community Eucharist demonstrated creative ways of offering the sacrament of baptism.
Global Agenda, the magazine of the International Herald Tribune, invited nine contributors to explore the question: “What does Gender Equality mean?”
The Archbishop of Canterbury has recorded a video message for World AIDS Day (1st December 2012) in which he highlights that ‘nearly 2 million women,
Bishops in the Church of England are planning on “restarting” the process towards ordaining women to the episcopate with new legislation that can be passed next July.
Separation runs deep in the American soul. Since President Obama won re-election, more than 750,000 Americans have petitioned to let their respective states secede. framing it in terms that suggest a deep-seated religious impulse for purity-through-separation.
Immediate and long-term disaster response is complicated. We learned this after Hurricane Katrina and we are learning it again after Superstorm Sandy. Episcopal Relief and Development was cited in an article describing where all that money–governmental, insurance and donated–goes, and says ERD and the Dioceses of New Jersey and Newark are doing a good job.
The Anglican Consultative Council turned down a bid by the Diocese of Uruguay to switch from the province of the Southern Cone to the province of Brasil.
The conventional wisdom a week ago was that the General Synod would authorize the ordination of women to the episcopate. Maybe not a slam dunk but after 42 of 44 diocesan synods said “yes,” it seemed like a sure thing. Since the vote failed by a mere six votes in the lay order, the implications are still being sorted out.