“I give thanks for the Standing Commitees’ prompt action, and for the consents to the elections of my sisters,” Los Angeles Bishop Diocesan J. Jon Bruno said on March 10. “I look forward to the final few consents to come in from the bishops in the next few days, and I give thanks for the fact that we as a church have taken a bold step for just action.”
Charges brought against Bishop Ross Davies are similar to those presented to Bishop Michael Hough. The Anglican Church of Australia’s Episcopal Standards Commission would appear to be on the job.
The effort to bring back Jewish houses of worship in Egypt comes as the country’s culture minister looks to distance himself from anti-Semitic remarks made last year.
Tonight, ABC news will cover Uganda’s “kill-the-gays” bill.
This takes following Moses to a new level.
When Glenn Beck tells his viewers and listeners (“followers”?) to ditch affiliation with churches that practice social justice, that’s proof enough he hasn’t read his Bible. Beyond that, though, has he yelled “Fire!” in the crowded theater of publicly practiced religion?
The one thing that seems able to tame even a hardened cynic like Holden Caufield, in the least overtly religious Salinger book, is an encounter with the innocence of childhood; especially children at play. It is this quest for lost innocence that defines the spiritual trajectory of Salinger’s most memorable characters. They are all teachers, parents, players, children-at-heart.
Using a time-honoured tradition of standing behind the nominee of their choice, delegates from 16 native communities in the diocese of Keewatin’s northern Ontario region elected Archdeacon Lydia Mamakwa as their first area bishop on March 6. Bishop-elect Mamakwa is an aboriginal priest from Kingfisher Lake, an Oji-Cree First Nation located north of Sioux Lookout, Ont.
A preschooler is caught in the middle of a fight between religion and sexuality. Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic School, in Boulder, has refused to readmit a preschooler because the child has two moms. Her parents are lesbians
Resistance is futile. Enter Washington National Peep-thedral.