A June 19 live webcast sponsored by Episcopal Migration Ministries (EMM) and the Office of Communication will focus on World Refugee Day and will examine the plight of today’s refugees.
President Obama has disbanded the President’s Council on Bioethics appointed by his predecessor and will appoint a new group soon.
The Presiding Bishop has written a letter to some members of the Order of the Daughters of the King expressing concern that the historically Episcopal order may sever their Episcopal ties.
All Africa: Kigali — The Episcopal Church of Rwanda has elected three new Bishops to serve in one of the provinces of the Anglican Church
Representatives of the Church of England and the Roman Catholic Church have told the House of Commons that they will fight to maintain their powers to discriminate in cases of employment and against limits proposed in the Equality Bill.
According to The Missioner, Pentecost 2009 issue (page 3), the publication of Nashotah House Seminary:
Blood has symbolic meaning in many faiths, whether represented by wine as part of the Eucharist or avoided in food, while others regard it as sacred. The pressing need for blood donors was highlighted by World Blood Donor Day on Sunday [June 14], but how does it equate with religious belief?
It said 24 per cent of the accused were dead by the time the complaint was made to the church or died during the investigation. The study found three-quarters of complainants were male, most aged 10 to 15 at the time of abuse.
The state department has promised to give partners of gay and lesbian diplomats many benefits, such as diplomatic passports and language training. But without a specific change in the federal employees’ health benefits program, Hillary Clinton’s promises left out financial benefits such as pensions.
Cutié, who left the Catholic church to become an Episcopalian in late May, will have to wait more than a week before his new church recognizes the marriage in a religious ceremony. That will take place in an unnamed church under Rt. Rev. Leo Frade, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Southeast Florida.