Canon Giles Frazier was deeply moved by Bishop Pierre Whalon’s account of his recent visit to Haiti on behalf of the Episcopal Church. Canon Frazier used a detail of the eyewitness account as the jumping off point for a meditation of the work of Christ during the most Holy Sabbath of the Triduum, and the need for new understandings of the Atonement.
The preacher to the Papal Household likened attacks on the Roman Church due to the sexual abuse scandals to the historic “collective violence” against the Jews.
As part of the Good Friday observances yesterday, the Diocese of Arizona and the Presbyterian Church in Arizona walked the stations of the cross along
The Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles has been battling with former parishioners of St. James Episcopal Church in Newport Beach for years now over who
Tonight at 8:30 PM local time, the World Wildlife Fund is asking people around the world to observe Earth Hour. If you’re interested in participating,
If your congregations are anything like the ones of the Café’s newsteam, you’re probably seeing a slowing down in programs as they gear up for
The Washington Post is reporting that Vatican attorneys in Oregon have appealed to the US Supreme Court to overturn a decision that their legal opponents be allowed to subpoena church documents relating to abuse cases here in the United States. Traditionally courts have ruled that American catholic priests are employees of the Pope directly and therefore free from typical rules of legal discovery.
The Diocese of South Carolina passed a set of four resolutions at their Diocesan convention yesterday. The resolutions are intended to draw clear lines between
Arizona is poised to pass new laws which would make undocumented immigrants and their children guilty of trespassing. The law would require that all law enforcement agents must always check the citizenship status of anyone they think might be in the US illegally. Roman Catholic, Methodist and Episcopal clergy have spoken out in opposition.
The Reverend John Sheridan Smylie, Rector of St. Marks in Casper Wyoming and the former Dean of the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, Spokane