I have, on one hand, become especially afraid of those very few bishops and archbishops of this our beloved Communion who have demonstrably indicated their unwillingness to serve the common good, and also in a sense to betray their own baptismal and ordination vows by refusing to participate in eucharistic worship with other baptised Anglicans
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Ekklesia says the Church of England has been criticized three times in four days for its investments practices.
Kristy Harding imagines sees the word “ubuntu” and imagines what an “open source” church might look like.
Episcopal Relief and Development has published their Annual Summary exclusively in an electronic format. In 2008, ERD touched the lives of more people than ever
Lay people at the General Convention of the Episcopal Church in the United States will have some hard questions for the Archbishop of Canterbury when he visits, says the president of the House of Deputies, Bonnie Anderson. Deputies are unhappy with moves towards greater centralisation of authority in bishops and in panels appointed by Lambeth Palace.
The Carlisle (PA) Sentinel has a story of dolls doing good.
The Vatican is quietly conducting two sweeping investigations of American nuns, a development that has startled and dismayed nuns who fear they are the targets of a doctrinal inquisition.
A letter from Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, House of Deputies President Bonnie Anderson and Rosalie Ballentine, the Executive Council member who chairs the council’s task force on the Anglican covenant, asks that responses must be turned in by September 1. The task force and the council will use the comments to formulate a response during its October meeting.
Julia Duin posts this revealing comment from Bishop William Wantland, who apparently thinks that when you go to church you are marrying Jesus: I queried