Even some Christians who are intolerant of homosexual behavior worry about the practice. “It is dangerous,” says the Reverend DL Foster, a preacher in Atlanta who defines himself as ex-gay, though he still acknowledges homosexual desires, and preaches against tolerance of the gay lifestyle. “It can fuel lots of self-destructive behavior . . .
We ask that you resist this misguided process that is formally excluding those who speak for people the Communion should urgently be seeking to include. – Canon Giles Goddard, Chair, Inclusive Church, in an open letter to Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori
Today’s theme: News of or about the Church of England.
Bishop Christopher Senyojo–a courageous spokesperson for the equality of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons in his native Uganda–is scheduled to visit the White House this evening.
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has described the decision by Lambeth Palace to remove Episcopalians serving on international ecumenical dialogues as “unfortunate … It misrepresents who the Anglican Communion is.”
Stories, comments and blogs across the Anglican world in the wake of the letter from Secretary General Kenneth Kearon on behalf of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
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2. The ACC … shall have the following powers: … f. To encourage and guide Anglican participation in the ecumenical movement and the ecumenical organisations, to co-operate with the World Council of Churches and the world confessional bodies on behalf of the Anglican Communion; and to make arrangements for the conduct of pan-Anglican conversations with the Roman Catholic Church, the Orthodox Churches and other Churches.
Mark Silk notes that the Vatican and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops are at odds about the merits of health care reform legislation in the United States. The Vatican likes the new law, whereas the USCCB, increasingly the captive on the American theoconservatives, lobbied against it, and scolded supporters.