The Rt. Rev. Scott A. Benhase, Bishop of Georgia wrote to his diocese concerning his decision to consent to the election of the The Rev. Canon Mary Glasspool as Bishop Suffragan of Los Angeles. Here is what he said:
The United Church of Christ has released a new video called “The Language of God” as part of their “God is still speaking” series.
We are about to consecrate a lesbian as bishop and no one seems to care. Don’t blame the Catholics for taking up all the news. Lisa Miller says tradition–and how it changes–may be the reason.
A Wisconsin federal district court held that the federal statute which designates the first Thursday in May as a National Day of Prayer violates the Establishment Clause. President Obama plans to issue a proclamation anyway.
What the focus of the military chaplains ministry? Are the beliefs and practices of the chaplains the main thing? Or ought the focus be on the spiritual and emotional needs of the soldier, sailor or marine? A new documentary focuses on the tensions, challenges and important work of US military chaplains.
The National Cathedral represents a different model, and perhaps a different era, in church-state relations.
The Vatican says Pope Benedict XVI is willing to hold new meetings with victims of child sex abuse by Roman Catholic priests. Meanwhile, AP has turns up more evidence of what the future pope know, and when he knew it.
News reports are hinting that the proposed anti-gay legislation proposed by a member of the parliament in Uganda may be dead. Still clergy around Africa, including Archbishop Desmond Tutu, protest the legislation and are leading the fight against draconian anti-gay laws across the continent.
When disaster strikes, it usually highlights the faults lines of poverty and class that already existed in a society. We saw this at work in New Orleans after Katrina, but never has this been more apparent than in Haiti.
(Update: Apparently Orombi has not resigned, and apologizes for the confusion. See the first comment to this post.)
Ugandan Archbishop Henry Orombi has resigned from the Joint Standing Committee of the Primates Meeting and Anglican Consultative Council. He never came to any of the meeting of the group.