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Progressive Episcopalians see opportunity for reconciliation

January 16, 2008 No Comments

Progressive Episcopalians of Pittsburgh (PEP) sees reason for hope in the statement issued yesterday by The Episcopal Church’s Title IV Review Committee certifying that, in its view, Bishop of Pittsburgh Robert Duncan has abandoned the communion of The Episcopal Church. PEP believes that the canonical procedures set in motion by this decision will clarify issues of polity that have become confused in this diocese.

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Church can make you sick

January 16, 2008 No Comments

Are there nuts? As we learn more about allergies churches are adapting liturgical practices to accomodate those who have allergies. The Baltimore Sun reports: Communion

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Review committee says Bishop Duncan has abandoned communion

January 15, 2008 1 Comment

The Episcopal Church’s Title IV Review Committee has certified that Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh Bishop Robert Duncan has abandoned the communion of the church but the three senior bishops have not agreed to his inhibition. By canon, with or without an inhibition, the House of Bishops acts on the abandonment charge at their next regular or special meeting after the 60 days for recanting has elapsed.

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Spiritual life without church

January 15, 2008 No Comments

According to a recent survey adults who do not attend church are cultivating their spiritual life through retreats, prayer, meditation and other spiritual practices. USAToday

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Reconciliation Village in Rwanda

January 15, 2008 No Comments

The village is the brainchild of Pastor Steven Gahigi, an Anglican clergyman who survived the genocide by fleeing to Burundi with his wife and two children. His mother, father and siblings all died and Gahigi thought he had lost his ability to forgive.

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Faith and the Supremes

January 15, 2008 No Comments

Ruth Bader Ginsburg said that while being a Jew does not affect her view of the law, “being part of a minority, I know what it is like to be an outsider, what it’s like to be the victim of prejudice.”

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Lambeth to launch on Monday

January 15, 2008 2 Comments

The Lambeth Conference is underway with the first event to be held next week. The media received the following invitation for January 21. Official Launch

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Who is the faithiest of them all?

January 15, 2008 No Comments

Will the uneasy merger of church and state known as faith-based initiatives survive into the next administration? A Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life examination of the candidates says yes. Every major candidate is in favor of some version of the program. But others say there are signs the program is weakening.

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Confusion in Zimbabwe

January 14, 2008 1 Comment

“The Archbishop of Canterbury condemns unequivocally the use of state machinery to intimidate opponents of the deposed bishop of Harare, Nolbert Kunonga, and is appalled by recent reports of Zimbabwean police forcibly stopping Sunday services in several churches in Harare where clergy have publicly and bravely refused to acknowledge Kunonga’s Episcopal authority. Kunonga’s position has become increasingly untenable within the Anglican Church over the last year, as he has consistently refused to maintain appropriate levels of independence from the Zimbabwean Government.”

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Feedback on the Covenant

January 14, 2008 2 Comments

The Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia and The Anglican Church of Scotland have both weighed in on the proposed Anglican Covenant. They are both respectful but clear about what they see as shortcomings to the document as proposed and leery of the assumptions behind it. Both offer alternate ways forward.

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