The Global South primates of the Anglican Church have posted a pastoral letter to their respective provinces in reaction to the recent Vatican overture. In short; they reject it believing that the proposed Covenant is a better avenue to pursue.
From NPR: The Vatican made waves last week with a controversial overture to disaffected Anglicans upset over the ordination of gays and women. Under the new plan, entire Anglican congregations could switch their allegiance to Rome, while still keeping their own traditions. Four speakers weigh in.
Bishop Adams has been elected and appointed Vicar of a parish in the Diocese of Central Florida. He expects to begin in March 2010.
There is one killer fact about the pope’s present move. “Traditionalist” Anglicanism is a shotgun marriage between incompatible groups: extreme Anglo-Catholics and extreme evangelicals.
One congregation in the confines of the Diocese of South Carolina did not have vote or voice at Saturday’s special convention.
This week in social networking land, we have a book on Hispanic Ministry, Bono pointing out why he thinks Obama deserved the Nobel, and angry reactions to Uganda’s announcement of tough laws criminalizing homosexuality.
Many congregations in the Diocese of Chichester this morning will be attending mass at which their presiding priest is a gay man who may or may not be in the closet, may or may not be sexually active or celibate, may or may not have a partner. Eric Kemp, the previous diocesan bishop provided a refuge in Chichester for priests opposed to the ordination of women, many of whom, inevitably, were and are gay.
An invitation from the Vatican invites one blogger’s response, to issue a similar invitation from The Episcopal Church.
I give my permission to the Church of St John the Evangelist, Ottawa to begin offering a rite of blessing to those same-sex couples civilly married where at least one party is baptized, utilizing the rite of blessing for civil marriages found in the Book of Occasional Celebrations, published by the Anglican Church of Canada.
Brain scans of people who believe in God have found further evidence that religion involves neurological regions vital for social intelligence.In other words, whether or not God or Gods exist, religious belief may have been quite useful in shaping the human mind’s evolution.