It is said that dogs have masters but cats have staff. At the Washington National Cathedral, a cat is a member of the staff, and this weekend there will be a changing of the guard.
A video message from the Archbishop of Canterbury as the High Level Meeting to review the progress of the Millennium Development Goals begins at the UN.
Loyal Episcopalians in South Carolina ask for help. In particular, they are concerned that recent actions by their diocesan leadership as well as proposed canonical changes are attempt to alienate the diocese from the Episcopal Church and insulate the leadership from accountability.
Professor Richard T. Hughes of Messiah College reflects on what the Bible has to say about caring for the stranger.
The New York Times reports on the new dean of Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, The Rev. Dr. Jane Alison Shaw.
While the plots seem ludicrous, characters are frequently put into situations that raise basic questions: Do I choose my true love or my career? Is it right to pursue a relationship with someone my family doesn’t approve of? Are there times when it is right to be dishonest? Is good behavior always rewarded with happiness? Can evil people truly be redeemed?
Which is more important? Entering heaven or entering the Roman Catholic Church? Reports are that when John Henry Newman is beatified, the date of his feast in their calendar will be the date of his conversion to Roman Catholicism, not the day of his death.
A Baptist congregation in Texas has separated itself from their state’s conference because the local church welcomes gay and lesbians contrary to the policy of their denomination.
After suggesting that coming to a secular Britain is like landing in a “third world” country, Cardinal Walter Kasper has withdrawn from the Pope’s visit to the UK, citing a “sudden illness.”
How did a disgraced pastor of a tiny congregation known for hateful rhetoric get to be the center of a world-wide media frenzy?