“But even as people congratulate each other today, conversations turn to the future,” said Denney, an agricultural consultant to the Episcopal Church of Sudan.
Our long time friend and colleague Nawal el Saadawi is, as would be expected, stalwart with the demonstrators in Tahrir Square. It is wonderful to see her spirit –now eighty, undiminished, ablaze. ~Diana L. Eck
“I request sections of the Clergy campaigning against homosexuality to exercise restraint,” Inspector General Kale Kayihura writes.
“The man is 92 years old, he has worked for us, he has done his part and then we need to pray for him.”
It’s a maddening attempt to set himself free from what he did in Kampala, which was to essentially pour gasoline all over an already incendiary matter and then hand the Ugandan people a lit match.
UPDATED: The BBC and Reuters are reporting that the funeral for David Kato in Nakawala, Uganda, turned chaotic after the local Anglican priest began to berate gay people and refused to bury Kato’s body.
Russ Randle of the Diocese of Virginia has been chosen by Bonnie Anderson, president of the Episcopal Church’s House of Deputies, as the first recipient of the President of the House of Deputies Medallion for Exemplary Service. Randle was chosen for his 14-year commitment to aiding the often-persecuted Episcopal Church of Sudan.
The Bishops of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) have issued a pastoral letter addressing the state of Nigeria economy, corruption, religious and sectarian violence, and the neglected state of the nation’s infrastructure and educational services.
People throughout southern Sudan have been “shedding tears and shouting for joy” this week as polls opened to voters in the historic Jan. 9-15 referendum that will determine a likely future of independence for the African nation.
“The church is the body of Christ, and each church is part of that body. To get to know someone from a different culture who shares the same beliefs and liturgical practices is mind-broadening and spiritually invigorating.”