Category: The Lead

Teach peace to stop murder

Parishes of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland in the city of Baltimore are partnering with people of other denominations and faith in a program that hopes to stop the rising count of murders in the city

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Bishop Senyonjo in San Francisco

Ugandan Bishop Christopher Senyonjo continues his travels with a stop in San Francisco where he tells the story of his conversion into a supporter of equal rights for gay and lesbian persons and what happened when he began to minister to LGBT persons in his native land.

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Not “Miss Religion USA”

Rima Fakih who recently won the Miss USA pageant is from Michigan where there is a sizable Arab-American population. Her win caught a lot of people by surprise, and was followed by the usual thoughtless and bigoted comments. In an interview, we discover the complex and rich religious heritage she comes out of.

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Housing allowance for clergy challenged in court

A lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the long-standing federal and state tax exemptions for housing allowances provided by churches and religious institutions to members of the clergy has been allowed to proceed in federal court.

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What kind of Pentecost?

At Pentecost, Archbishop Williams tell us, the church was gathered by the Holy Spirit and given power to speak to the world. Can the voice and power of the Holy Spirit be reduced to mere agreement?

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ABC responds to Glasspool consecration

Representatives of those Provinces, national or regional churches whose decision-making bodies have gone against the agreed moratoria a) will be asked to step down from formal ecumenical dialogues such as those with Orthodox Churches or the Roman Catholic Church, and b) will no longer have any decision-making powers in the Inter-Anglican Standing Commission on Unity, Faith and Order that handles questions of church doctrine and authority.

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Resurrection for Haiti cathedral’s murals?

Some of the world-famous murals that adorned the walls of the Episcopal Diocese of Haiti’s Holy Trinity cathedral prior to the Jan. 12 earthquake, and gave Haitians of all faiths a vision of their place in the stories of the Bible, could be preserved and possibly even restored.

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