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News of the World was ‘reprehensible,’ ‘unethical’ – Church of England

July 10, 2011 2 Comments

The Church of England’s Investment Advisory Group says it wants accountability for management failures of News Corp.

Bishop Edwards defends PB

July 6, 2011 15 Comments

The civil suit against the Roman Catholics, not The Episcopal Church, contends that the results of the Catholics’ psychological testing in 2000 showed that Parry was a serial abuser who was likely to offend again, and that this information was shared with the Episcopal Church prior to his ordination. “I’m really skeptical that the report ever existed. But if it did, we’ve never seen it,” said Edwards.

Will the NOM disclose donors?

July 6, 2011 1 Comment

The State of Minnesota has joined the long list of states that refuse to give the National Organization for Marriage a special exemption from voter laws due to their claimed fears of gay reprisals.

Have you checked “Michno”?

July 6, 2011 4 Comments

If the Holy Eucharist is a meal that gives participants a foretaste of the heavenly banquet, then it might seem appropriate that the inspiration for the format of the Rev. Dennis Michno’s ubiquitous “A Priest’s Handbook” was the work of a famous cook.

Lessons and hymns, Independence Day edition

July 3, 2011 1 Comment

“With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.”

Wartime chaplains working through ‘compassion fatigue’

July 3, 2011 No Comments

While their charge is explicitly to be noncombatants, some chaplains to our armed forces nevertheless return from their tours bearing a kind of scar.

Keeping the faith, quickly

July 3, 2011 8 Comments

Let’s not forget “those who might come if we made things simpler for them to start with,” the Bishop of Lichfield says.

Cowboy churches round ’em up

July 3, 2011 4 Comments

The way that the metaphor of cowboy life applies itself to spirituality has proven an indispensable path for some.

Diocesan school in Juba, Sudan, attacked

June 29, 2011 No Comments

A Sudanese headmaster has made an urgent appeal for help after armed thugs broke in to his diocesan school and left a security guard for dead.

Wild Goose Festival draws progressives

June 29, 2011 No Comments

The Wild Goose Festival drew an eclectic crowd of various faiths, primarily Christian, who ranged in age from toddlers to totterers. While they were diverse, their common accouterments were sandals, water bottles, hats and personal collapsible chairs.

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Author: Nicholas Knisely