Conservative activists and politicians are outraged about an 11-second clip in a 4-minute video that appeared in a privately funded art exhibit held in the Smithsonian, but they are silent when the Governor of Kentucky extends state tax relief to a $150 million dollar religious theme park
In all the reporting about the Pope’s apparent change of mind regarding the use of condoms to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS, few reported that the Pope said in the same book of interviews that the priesthood should be closed to all homosexuals.
Today, Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori will spend time in Chicago focusing on the faith, medical science and the healing of our world.
The Washington Post reports on a wonderful mix of Anglican rite and adolescent verve that is the Whitechapel Guild, the group of change ringers at the all-girls National Cathedral School.
Trinity Episcopal Church in Reno, Nevada hosted the 25th Annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Eve Service on November 24.
CHEFS is a ministry of Episcopal Community Services Center that trains the homeless to work as chefs in the San Francisco area.
A 14-year-old student at St. Michael’s Episcopal School, Richmond, VA is spending his Thanksgiving in Portamao, Portugal, representing the USA in the World Roller Skating Championships.
When the General Synod sent the Covenant out to the dioceses of the Church of England, this was supposed to be Rowan’s last gasp to keep conservatives from bolting. But the GAFCON statement after the vote was a pie in the face for him and the whole idea. The very people for whom he spent his spiritual capital have left him holding the bag. Here is the an alternative.
The Sydney Morning Herald writes about a series of interviews with Pope Benedict XVI including one where he says that condom use might be acceptable ‘in certain cases’, notably to reduce risk of HIV infection.
The new New International Version of the Bible is less gender-inclusive than the 2002 revision of the same translation. The NIV is the favorite Bible of Evangelicals and the best-selling edition in America. But even with the more tradition turn, not everyone is happy.