The Church of South India (CSI) came into existence in 27 SEP 1947, the same year that India gained its independance from the United Kingdom. The CSI is a united church that brought together a number of protestant churches ministering in South India. The CSI is a constituent member of the Anglican Communion.
The Meaningful Chocolate Company is a UK perveyor of fair trade chocolate. After a survey of major tourist attractions in the UK, such as the British Museum and the Chester Zoo, Meaningful Chocolate found that none of the major sites carried fair trade chocolate. When Meaningful Chocolate approached these attractions to offer a remedy to that finding, it was rebuffed or ignored.
While in Rome for the 50th Anniversary Celebration meeting of the International Anglican Roman Catholic Commission for Unity and Mission, the Presiding Bishop, the Most Revd Michael Curry, visited St. Paul’s Within the Walls Episcopal Church. While there he recorded a short video.
The Most Revd Desmond Tutu, archbishop emeritus of Cape Town South Africa, has recorded a video for Dignity in Dying in the UK. In the video, the Archbishop states his support for compassionate palliative care and assisted dying initiatives in a number of countries.
Roman Catholic and Anglican bishops met from 30 SEP – 7 OCT for the 2016 meeting of the International Anglican Roman Catholic Commission for Unity and Mission. Following the meeting, this communique was issued.
On 3 OCT the Standing Committee for Dio Los Angeles announced an additional candidate to the slate for bishop coadjutor. The additional candidate is the Revd Canon John Taylor, full-time vicar of St. John Chrysostom Church and School in Rancho Santa Margarita CA. The Revd Taylor was nominated by petition, a process previously approved and announced by the Bishop Coadjutor Search Committee.
After meeting in Chicago IL, 27 – 29 SEP 2016, the Task Force on the Study of Marriage issued a report from their meeting on 6 OCT 2016
It’s not the beginning of a bad joke and it can’t happen yet, but soon! In Omaha NE, a campus is taking shape as the Tri-Faith Initiative comes to fruition. A joint property shared by Muslims, Christians and Jews. The Initiative involves the religious communities of Temple Israel, the American Muslim Institute and Countryside Community Church.
At the recent meeting of the Governing Body of the Church in Wales, the Bench of Bishops in Wales distributed a letter to the representatives present. In the letter the bishops stated that starting with the first Sunday in Advent, anyone who has been baptized, regardless of their age or whether they have received confirmation, is welcome to receive communion in the parishes of the Church in Wales.
The three indigenous bishops of the Anglican Church of Canada have issued a statement expressing disagreement with the decision of this past summer’s General Synod to alter the marriage canon to allow same-sex marriage. They also criticised the process by which the motion to alter the marriage canon came about.