The Office of Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has notified the Diocese of Northern Michigan that Bishop-Elect Rayford Ray has received the required majority of consents in the canonical consent process.
What is the effect of globalization on the moral circle? Does trade melt barriers and expand the moral circle or does globalization make “the other” a more salient division allowing politicians to demonize and control through xenophobia?
It is with the greatest shock and sorrow that we have heard of the assassination of Mr Shahbaz Bhatti, Minister for Religious Minorities in Pakistan. This further instance of sectarian bigotry and violence will increase anxiety worldwide about the security of Christians and other religious minorities in Pakistan, and we urge that the Government of Pakistan will do all in its power to bring to justice those guilty of such crimes and to give adequate protection to minorities.
I have been asked to bless . . . undertakers’ offices, local and county councils, a church toilet, pilgrims, new babies, gardens, a shoe shop, the dying, pets . . . why is the C of E leadership seeming to be so unwilling to allow clergy to bless civil partnerships?
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The allegations against Franklin E. Huntress Jr., 77, were brought to the bishop’s office in October, said the Rev. Canon Mally Lloyd.
“Through this year’s batch of films, human identities interface with technology, are lost, confused, mixed up between surface and depth, public and private, between who we are by ourselves and who we are in relation to others.”
Facebook pages are newly aggravating, because they have applied their so-called relevance engine (the same thing that generates their “top news” feed on your personal
How do you leave something you’ve loved so much? As honorably – and probably as gently – as you can.
The Archbishop of Canterbury has responded to recent advances by the British government to incorporate church buildings and liturgies into the weddings of same-gender couples. The move throws into sharp relief a number of restless questions.