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Christianity in the United Arab Emirates

Services in more than a dozen tongues – including English and Arabic, but most of them South Asian such as Urdu, Tagalog, Tamil or Malayam – fill not only the main church from 6 am to 11 pm but the 25 other halls built around a central courtyard adorned with a Canterbury cross.

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Archbishop of Myanmar plea for aid

The team that was sent to (the delta) has confirmed widespread damage and extensive loss of life. In some places, entire villages have been devastated, with few if any survivors. In other places, survivors have huddled together in makeshift shelters awaiting aid.

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Press conference on Lambeth plans

The Episcopal Church Center sponsored a press conference today on the Lambeth Conference featuring the Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori, Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal

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God is a bloke

A survey of over a thousand people in Britain says that while most people still see a place for religion in modern life, as many as 73% of Christians surveyed said they considered God to be male.

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Zimbabwe bishop excommunicated

Episcopal Life Online is reporting that Nolbert Kunonga, former bishop of Zimbabwe, has been excommunicated and may no longer function as an ordained person in the Anglican Communion. The announcement comes following disturbing reports of continued harassment and violence from local police against Anglicans trying to worship in Zimbabwe’s capital city.

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Shall we gather at the river

As part of her three-day visit of the Diocese of Kentucky, Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori led a tent meeting, Episcopal style. She presided over baptisms, confirmations and a communion service amid a blend of formal liturgy and an informal atmosphere reminiscent of Kentucky’s frontier revivals, including hymns such as “Shall We Gather at the River.”

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Realignment Reconsidered

Progressive Episcopalians of Pittsburgh has published “Realignment Reconsidered,” a point-by-point rebuttal to the 8-page handout from the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh, “Frequently Asked Questions About Realignment.” It is available as a PDF file on PEP’s Web site.

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