The speaker of the New York City Council is about as Irish as they come. But she’s openly gay, which means she can’t march in New York’s annual March 17 Eire-extravaganza up Fifth Avenue and past Cardinal Edward Egan standing on the steps of St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Divorced, pro-choice, pro gay rights and Italian-American Rudy Giuliani was welcome. But not Christine Quinn.
This morning Tom Bair got a call frmo Ezo saying that on Friday the Lord’s Resistance Army attacked a village nine miles from Ezo, killing nine people and taking six hostages. This is the latest in a series of attacks that began late last year and have continued sporadically since then.
The bishops of the Episcopal Church spent some time last week with Bill Bishop, author of The Big Sort: Why the clustering of like-minded Americans is tearing us apart. Bishop’s thesis is summarized cogently in his sub-title. What are the implications of the Big Sort for the Episcopal Church’s efforts to reach out to new people?
Episcopal Cafe is supporting March Gladness, a clever initiative by Episcopalians for Global Reconciliation that has caught the eye of the mainstream media. The deadline
In his first public comments on condom use, the pontiff told reporters en route to Cameroon that Aids “is a tragedy that cannot be overcome by money alone, and that cannot be overcome through the distribution of condoms, which even aggravates the problems”.
The Rev. Susan Russell: It is critical that the Episcopal Church move beyond B033 and toward marriage equality. Watch the nine-minute video.
Just a reminder that the NCAA Men’s Basektball Tournament is about to begin, and Episcopal Cafe is helping to support the March Gladness compeition sponsored by Episcopalians for Global Reconciliation. To participate, all you do is:
The NCAA’s Selection Show airs this evening, and Episcopal Cafe has caught a case of March Gladness. We are offering a $100 bonus to the MDG-related charity chosen by the winner of Episcopalians for Global Reconciliation’s March Gladness competition. The only catch is that you have to register your name with us as a commenter before the first tournament game is played. Find out more.
If you read enough right-wing criticism of Mainline Protestant religious denominations such as ours, you will run–repeatedly– across the unsupported assertion that our membership numbers
In his new book The Evolution of God, Robert Wright leans on the first gospel–that of Mark–to suggest that later gospels present a Jesus who is less historically authentic, but more palatable to modern tastes, especially on interfaith issues.