According to a recent survey adults who do not attend church are cultivating their spiritual life through retreats, prayer, meditation and other spiritual practices. USAToday
The village is the brainchild of Pastor Steven Gahigi, an Anglican clergyman who survived the genocide by fleeing to Burundi with his wife and two children. His mother, father and siblings all died and Gahigi thought he had lost his ability to forgive.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg said that while being a Jew does not affect her view of the law, “being part of a minority, I know what it is like to be an outsider, what it’s like to be the victim of prejudice.”
The Lambeth Conference is underway with the first event to be held next week. The media received the following invitation for January 21. Official Launch
Will the uneasy merger of church and state known as faith-based initiatives survive into the next administration? A Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life examination of the candidates says yes. Every major candidate is in favor of some version of the program. But others say there are signs the program is weakening.
A new partnership between traditional churches and emerging churches. Episcopal and Anglican leaders are building bridges from older liturgical forms of church worship to emergent forms.
We value our heritage of biblical faith, reason, liturgy, tradition, bishops and synods, and the rich variety of our life in community.” In the spirit of that statement and in the interest of clarity I feel it is important to write to you regarding conversations dealing with the blessing of same-sex unions in Canada.
Jack said he hopes his involvement encourages kids his age to help others. ”I can really believe in myself because I’m just a kid, and kids are usually not the ones who change the world,” Jack said. “I thought it would be a change.”
Mary Tanner, one of the eight presidents of the World Council of Churches, is to receive one of the highest honors given by the British
The election for the latest successor of St. Ignatius, the 16th century founder of the Jesuits, will take place in the days following next Monday’s opening of the 35th General Congregation, a meeting of 226 delegates elected from the orders geographical “provinces” around the world. Though there is no set date for the election, which requires a three-fourths majority of delegates, Jesuit sources say by mid-January there should be a new Superior General.