Katie Sherrod writes of the difficulties Episcopalians are having finding help from the national church office as they struggle to remain in the Episcopal Church while living in dioceses planning on leaving.
The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori, Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, spoke to a live audience at the studios of Trinity Church on Wall Street in New York and responded to questions from Web viewers and the studio audience. The Webcast concluded just before 4 p. m. EDT, but should be available on demand soon.
An editorial in the Anglican Journal begins by recounting the history of a case of alleged abuse against students at a school connected to the
The Archbishop of the Province of South Africa has released a statement in response the release of the Joint Standing Committee’s report on the House of Bishops meeting in New Orleans. Archbishop Ndungane says that the report shows that the Episcopal Church is committed to the path of reconciliation and has taken sufficient steps to begin that process in earnest. The Archbishop in particular commends the Presiding Bishop for her generosity in trying to find a way to respond to the pastoral needs of the disaffected within the Episcopal Church.
The San Francisco Chronicle has news that the Rev. James Tramel, a priest in the Episcopal Diocese of California, has been suspended while an allegation
Dan Edwards has been elected the Bishop of Nevada on the second ballot today. The vote tally and candidate information is found on the Diocese
The Church Times has excellent coverage and commentary on the Council of Anglican Provinces of Africa (CAPA) meeting held last week. The commentary in particular discusses the way that the assembly worked its way through the construction of the communique, trying to adapt what, according the article, was drafted by “a western pen”, primarily that of Bishop Martyn Minns.
Helen Thompson (one of our Daily Episcopalian essayists and a member of The Lead’s news-team) was interviewed this week by Mark Brown, the CEO of
The Anglican Communion News Service (ACNS) has the text of an address by the Archbishop of Canterbury to the Kids Company Conference taking place in Britain. In his remarks Willams asks “are we a society where people are prepared to advocate for those who don’t have voices of their own?”
The Church Times reports on an analysis of demographic statistics in the United Kingdom. The surprising news is that even as cohabitation is on the