The BBC has covered the ABC’s criticism of, in his words, the “latest round of unchristian bullying” in Nigeria. The article fails to make clear
Although the world is ‘on course’ for achieving the first MDG goal of halving extreme poverty, this progress is ‘uneven’ as Sub-Saharan Africa is falling far short, the IMF/WB Global Monitoring report found. Meanwhile, the world is struggling to meet goals for reducing child and maternal mortality, primary school completion, nutrition and sanitation. Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia are falling especially short in these areas.
Updated. ENS: The bishops of the Episcopal Anglican Church of Brazil issued an open statement expressing their “strong repudiation” of a recent unauthorized visit by Southern Cone Archbishop Gregory Venables to Recife “where he took part in and celebrated at official occasions outside his Province without the knowledge and consent of the Archbishop of the Province of Brazil and this House of Bishops.”
Writing in the New York Times, Peter Steinfels warns readers to prepare for ‘breathless’ coverage of the Pope during his US visit: “When Pope Benedict XVI arrives in the United States on April 15 there will surely be voices in the media apparently disconcerted to discover that, yes, the pope is Catholic.”
Ohio diocese sues breakaway parishes – Cleveland Plain Dealer: the diocese remains committed to resolving the dispute in a “mutually respectful manner,” said Martha Wright,
ACNS: the Archbishop of Canterbury has given the following statement: “The threats recently made against the leaders of Changing Attitudes are disgraceful. …. I hope that this latest round of unchristian bullying will likewise be universally condemned.”
The Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori will be in Seattle this week for a national Episcopal conference, “Healing Our Planet Earth: Singing a New Song of Hope.” Joel Connelly provides readers of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer with this background. It is positive and yet closes with a tough question.
Over the Easter weekend 2008, gay leaders of Changing Attitude Nigeria were seriously assaulted. They, and the Director of Changing Attitude England, were also threatened with death because “they are polluting Nigeria with abomination and immorality”. The attacks were reported to the police in Nigeria, Togo and the UK.
The division, however, is not really between conservatives and liberals at all. It is much more serious than that. It is a division between, first, those who are willing to say that other Christians, who have different views or lifestyles to themselves, are still, nevertheless, Christian, and have a Christian integrity that must be part of the Church; and, second, those who think that this simply cannot and must not be the case.
The Senior Warden and the Priest In Charge at The Falls Church Episcopal have issued a statement to members of the Episcopal Church in Falls