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Robinson “trying to walk a fine line”

May 3, 2008 No Comments

Bishop Gene Robinson gets another spotlight this week from PBS’s Religion and Ethics Newsweekly, talking about his upcoming civil union and his ongoing safety concerns. Civil unions became legal in New Hampshire as of Jan. 1, and for Robinson, this allows him and his longtime partner Mark Andrews to enjoy “some 400 of the protections that out of 1,100 that are accorded to heterosexual couples,” as he says in the interview with R&EN’s Kim Lawton.

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Guiliani draws fire for taking communion

May 3, 2008 No Comments

Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani apparently caused quite a ruckus last month by taking communion at a papal mass held at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Seems he and Cardinal Edward Egan had a “tacit understanding” that Giuliani wouldn’t take mass because of his support of abortion rights, according to an RNS story picked up at the Pew Forum. When it happened, Reuters ran the story that it was his divorced-and-remarried status that barred him from receiving communion, and tabloids ran rather amok with the report. But Egan seems to be taking the matter very seriously, citing Giuliani’s support of abortion rights.

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Lighting to Unite

May 2, 2008 2 Comments

We don’t typically promote local events, but this one seems particularly cool. For three nights beginning on May 9 the south and west faces of

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People pedal along for the MDG’s

May 2, 2008 No Comments

A group of Episcopalians and their friends have banded together to raise money for the Millennium Development Goals. A core of a dozen bikers riding across Iowa, joined by friends along the way, will be collecting money from their sponsors for each mile peddled.

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A statement from the Province of West Africa

May 2, 2008 No Comments

Anglican Communion News has the text of a statement released by the Anglican “Church of the Province of West Africa on the state of the Anglican Communion”. The statement reiterates the Province’s objections to the actions being taken by other Anglican Provinces in ordaining partnered gays and lesbians and in allowing the blessing of the unions. But the statement is notable for what it does not say.

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Food prices expected to increase, how is the Church to respond?

May 2, 2008 3 Comments

The CNS reports on calls by Roman Catholic bishops that the Church must respond to expected continued rise in the price of basic food commodities. Without the Church advocating for long term changes in public policy, it’s feared that more and more people around the world will be pushed into a state of chronic hunger.

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Pastoral care for veterans and their families

May 2, 2008 No Comments

Helping returning veterans reenter civilian life has always been a challenge. It’s particularly so for veterans (and their families) these days, who might see might see multiple deployments and repeated cycles of immersion into battle and then return home for training and re-equipping. St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church’s involvement in the B.O.O.T.S. program is example of ways that this transition is being facilitated.

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Alan Jones on Wright and Obama

May 2, 2008 No Comments

The Dean of Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, in an op-ed piece, writes that the underlying cause of the confusion and controversy surrounding Wright’s remarks is that they are being dealt with as a sound-bite rather than being seen within the context of the african-american experience and American history.

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PB: “Same-sex blessings in our lifetime”

May 1, 2008 1 Comment

A gay audience member asked when he and his partner of 10 years will be able to have their relationship blessed by the church. “I don’t think it’s going to happen this year,” Jefferts Schori said, adding that the national church’s General Convention undoubtedly will revisit the issue when it meets again in 2009. “I think it certainly will happen in our lifetimes.”

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