The head of the Austrian Church has launched an attack of one of the most senior cardinals in the Vatican, saying that Cardinal Angelo Sodano, dean of the College of Cardinals, “deeply wronged” the victims of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy when he dismissed media reports of the scandal.
A collegiate golfer exercises the virtue ethic at a crucial moment and comes out classy.
This prof sees the soul as the basis for expressive language – but little else. What does that do to faith as we understand and practice it?
Watching this may remind you of why you’re an Episcopalian – or, if you’re not, it might get you to thinking about the fulness of worship in liturgical churches. Or it could just be funny.
The Diocese of Louisiana is preparing resources and prayers as they wait for the oil spill to make landfall this weekend.
We’ve discovered something amazing out here in Arizona working with the youth. If we invite the teen council to help design an event, almost every time we put something together they change it by adding additional worship services.
We don’t actually have a “news of the weird” category here at the Cafe, but if did, this story would qualify.
Our Saturday Collection this week zooms back and forth across the country with stories of liturgical revival, parishes breaking ground on new building projects, lay ministries and the ending of a long and fruitfall ministry in Oklahoma.
There is a simultaneous glut and shortage of qualified clergy and lay religious professionals. In mainline traditions, there are two ordained persons available for every congregation. At the same time small and/or rural churches have difficultly finding qualified persons to serve their congregations.