Category: The Lead

Whither Pittsburgh?

Lionel Deimel, an Episcopal layperson in the Diocese of Pittsburgh writes of some of the preparatory steps being taken in that diocese by laity and clergy from across the spectrum who wish to remain Episcopalian should there be a vote by other members of the Diocese to leave the Episcopal Church.

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CANA wins another round

A Virginia circuit court judge has ruled that the statute governing possession of church property in case of a division is consititutional. An appeal to

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Hiding Akinola

Following a press conference at which he refused to condemn violence against gays “Akinola, previously described as a luminary of the conservative movement, has now been hidden away until Sunday afternoon, when a statement outlining a skeleton structure for a “flying communion” has been issued and, handily, when most of the press will have left Jerusalem altogether.”

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With friends like these

In a campaign comment ahead of today’s uncontested election in Zimbabwe, President Robert Mugabe has condemned Archbishop Rowan Williams as lacking a “moral compass” and said that gays in the church are a sign of “moral degeneracy”.

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Bennison guilty

AP: An Episcopal bishop was found guilty by a church panel of covering up his brother’s assaults of a teenage girl in the 1970s. Charles

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A gay writer at GAFCON

We are the lucky ones, we are free to march and live our lives. In many, many, countries around the world, including many in which Anglican church leaders are powerful politically, people are still harassed, arrested, tortured and killed for their failure to love the right person; their failure to be a “real man” or “real woman”. We are all real people, made in the image of God.

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Limbering up for Lambeth

After the fiasco of GAFCON, will these words from Rowan Williams receive a second hearing? “To those bishops who don’t wish to attend, I recognise their absolute right to choose in good faith and in conscience whether or not they can be there. The invitation’s on the table; naturally I shall be delighted to see more rather than fewer bishops there, that’s their choice – but the door is open.”

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Quiet day at GAFCON

The Dallas Morning News says: If Time is right, the war of words over the role of gays in the Anglican Communion will continue ad nauseum — with nothing, really, being decided as a result.

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