Faith-based investment products that speak to people’s moral and spiritual conscience are following in the footsteps of “socially responsible” investing, which was making headlines some
From an online report “After extensive argument over the plea of statutory immunity, the court was prepared to rule but suggested that the parties work out an agreement. After recess, the Diocese of Virginia and the Episcopal Church agreed to dismiss all of the vestry members and rectors as defendants without prejudice and the individuals agreed to honor any determination of the court regarding the plaintiffs’ property claims, subject to their rights of appeal of any adverse ruling.”
The Lutheran Assembly, meeting presently in Chicago has voted to defer any decision on the blessing of same-sex unions until its next meeting in 2009. The Assembly will however continue to discuss the issue of mandatory celibacy for clergy in such unions during the remaining two days of the present meeting.
Anglican bishops have met with the former president of Iran. The meeting with the new Bishop of Iran was a chance for him and other bishops from the Communion to speak of ways in which the Church and the Islamic government can work respectfully with each other in spite of their differences.
Members of the Church of England’s General Synod (similar to the Episcopal Church’s General Convention) have created accounts for themselves and developed a social network on the Facebook site.
The Washington Post has a lovely interactive panorama of the Washington Cathedral, photographed on a recent summer night.
The City of Detroit Development Agency offered to pay half the cost of renovating St. John’s Episcopal Church. American Atheists took the city to court, saying that the grant violated the establishment clause of the Constitution–and as such, the city has withheld the payment to the church. U.S. District Judge Avern Cohn ruled yesterday that while some of the uses of the money were unconstitutional, the churches were eligible to use the money to improve landscaping and facades.
So, in the Living Church, we have… The bishops of the Diocese of Sydney have told Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams that they will not
The Colorado Springs Gazette reports: DENVER – An ecclesiastical court on Wednesday convicted the Rev. Donald Armstrong of stealing nearly $400,000 from his Colorado Springs
Last week, USA Today reported on the growing trend of doctors’ refusing to treat patients for religious reasons. The phenomenon goes beyond abortion and fetal tissue research and includes such matters as prescribing Viagra or performing in-vitro fertilization. At issue in many of these cases is gay discrimination