Six retired Canadian Archbishops have called on the Anglican Church of Canada to take action in its summer synod which would allow Anglicans to perform blessing liturgies for same-sex couples.
The Rev. George Conger’s blog site has news that the Church of England in Europe may soon be experiencing the same sort of parish-leave-taking as the Episcopal Church
The Presiding Bishop joined other panelists in recognizing that the science of climate change is real and that urgent national action to respond to climate change is needed. In her testimony Bishop Jefferts Schori urged that reducing carbon emissions by 15-20 percent by 2020 and by 80 percent by 2050 should be a national priority noting that inaction now is the most costly of all courses of action for those living in poverty and vulnerable communities.
Bishop Steven Jecko, the retired Bishop of the Diocese of Florida, has died overnight. Bishop Frederick Putnam, retired suffragan of Oklahoma and the former bishop of Najoland died today.
According to an analysis of an interview given by Bishop John Rogers of the AMiA, Rogers predicts that ‘a major division of the Anglican Communion is more likely’ than the Episcopal Church being ‘disciplined’ or expelled from the Communion.
Bishop James Kelsey of the Diocese of Northern Michigan was killed in a road accident on Sunday. He was a dynamic bishop, and we will miss him. Please drop into the Café to read about his ministry, and leave a reminiscence.
The Theology Committee of the Episcopal Church’s House of Bishops have released a study document that is intended to be used as part of church-wide process to gather feedback for use by the House of Bishops in their September 30th meeting to respond to the Primate’s Tanzania Communique.
There’s been a number of articles in the media this week talking about the apparent dichotomy between holding to the Christian faith and a scientific
The Bishop of Newark says in part: “Gene Robinson has told us, there is a lot of diplomacy going on between the Archbishop’s office and the American Church, which may – or may not, create a different ecclesiastical climate and result in invitations to all bishops in good standing in the Church (which certainly includes Bishop Robinson, who was duly elected, consented and consecrated as a bishop in the Episcopal church).”
Mark Regnerus’ new book, entitled “Forbidden Fruit: Sex & Religion in the Lives of American Teenagers” is a sociological study of the ways that personal faith influences young people’s choices regarding their choices to be sexually active or not.
There’s good news and bad news in the report.