Airport chaplains
August 5, 2007
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Howie Aiden, an Anglican priest and airport chaplain at Schiphol airport, Amsterdam describes his airport ministry in the Times.
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Category: The Lead
Evangelicals unimpressed
August 4, 2007
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When it comes to the Republican presidential campaign, some conservative Christian voters say they ain’t seen nothing yet. That is, none of the top-tier GOP candidates is addressing the issues that these Iowans care passionately about, and few exhibit the moral values they want to see in the leader of the free world.
South Carolina re-elects Lawrence
August 4, 2007
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The Very Rev. Mark Lawrence was re-elected as bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina August 4 at a special electing convention held at St. James Church on St. James Island, South Carolina. Lawrence was the only candidate in the election since no petitions to add other names to the slate were received by the July 11 deadline.
How, and how not, to stop AIDS in Africa
August 4, 2007
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“Helen Epstein’s book lays all this out in courageous and thought-provoking detail, describing the maddening complexity of the AIDS crisis in Africa, and the reprehensible and simplistic evasions of nearly everyone involved. It is not only a book that should be required reading for people concerned in the least with AIDS or with Africa; it is also compulsively readable.”
Cruelty to animals linked to violence against humans?
August 4, 2007
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A groundbreaking international conference, aimed at exploring the link between cruelty to animals and person-to-person violence, will attract leading academics to Oxford University’s Keble College on 18 September. The conference, the Relationship between Animal Abuse and Human Violence, will analyse this link and its potentially far-reaching implications for social and legal policy around the world.
Vatican plays politics with Romero’s canonization
August 4, 2007
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The campaign to make Archbishop Oscar Romero a Roman Catholic saint appears to be languishing, as Vatican officials privately debate whether Romero was a martyr for the faith or for the political left. Pope Benedict told reporters that “Romero as a person merits beatification,” but Vatican officials removed that quote in an official transcript, keeping only the pope’s general praise of the slain prelate as a “great witness to the faith.”
Nigeria to appoint a bishop for England?
August 3, 2007
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An article published in the Church of England Newspaper claims there is evidence that Anglican Province of Nigeria is preparing to appoint a missionary bishop for Great Britain in a manner similar to the bishop appointed for CANA congregations here in North America.
Canons or conscience?
August 3, 2007
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Five bishops who are associated with the Anglican Communion Network in the United States have announced that they will not honor Bishop Lee’s pronouncement of a “godly judgement”. They claim that the deposed priests are still in good standing within the Anglican Communion and are free to function as priests in their respective dioceses.
Reggae Anglicana
August 3, 2007
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“The Anglican church in Jamaica will include the lyrics of songs rendered by two of the country’s most famed reggae artistes – Bob Marley and Peter Tosh – in the next publication of its church hymnal due by the end of the year.”
Bishop Victoria Matthews will resign
August 3, 2007
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Bishop Victoria Matthews, one of the leading Anglican Church of Canada bishops, has announced that she intends to resign from her position as Bishop of
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