The pattern shows that the 97 priests, credibly accused of sexual abuse, who could be tracked served at approximately 60% of the Chicago parishes from 1917 through 2009. …the assignments seem to cluster in the less-wealthy parishes and in those that primarily serve minority communities.
Today is the 12th anniversary of the death of CBS News about the current deaths by suicide of victims of bullying.
The Episcopal Diocese of Georgia
We urge you to acknowledge the contribution of so many LGBT people, often partnered, to the ministry of the church, and to promote rigorous and prayerful study of the issues involved in the light of present knowledge.
Can you say the word “breast” in a sermon? If so, how often? When trying to keep a congregation’s attention during a long homily, how much disrobing in the pulpit is too much?
People are more skeptical of glib claims on their generosity than they once were. Even donors for whom church support is an unquestioned obligation don’t assume they need to give to your church. Congregations need to make a case for themselves as worthy recipients of generosity. As global warming, resource depletion, and species extinction become pressing concerns, the people in the pews will expect clergy to address these moral issues, and the church to set a good example.
If there were urgent-care centers for people who’ve flipped their lids watching too much Fox News or MSNBC, the nurses there would strap these frantic citizens to gurneys and administer “God in America” via a nice, slow IV drip, like a powerful PBS antibiotic.
A prepared version of his remarks obtained by CNN from New York affiliate NY1 said that “There is nothing to be proud of in being a dysfunctional homosexual,” though Paladino did not wind up delivering that line. “That’s not how (God) created us,” the prepared remarks continued, though Paladino did not say those words.
“We as the church … we have fears that the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, the CPA, all the processes that were supposed to be done have not been completed … The fear in the country is that Sudan will go back to war.”