From the joint statement outlining concerns about human trafficking at the February 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver-Whistler.
Starting Advent 1, clergy of the Diocese of Massachusetts are being given leave by Bishop Thomas Shaw to solemnize same-gender marriages for eligible couples.
The bishop – soon to retire – told his synod that “no priest or group of laity has the right to take church property with them when they change denominations.”
Yesterday . . . a handful of honourable members were grappling with the application of sex discrimination laws to religious organisations.
Today, NPR’s Neal Conan speaks to the first — and only — openly gay Episcopal bishop, New Hampshire’s Gene Robinson, about the state of gay rights in America.
From Bishop Thomas E. Breidenthal’s address to the diocesan convention: Finally, after much prayer and consultation, I have decided that the time has come for
Bob Duncan sure gets a lot of attention for a guy who has spent millions of dollars and lost his shirt in a significant court case en route to prying a whopping three percent of Episcopalians into this new anti-gay church.
Although the question of same-gender civil marriage may be settled in Maine for now, I would remind all Episcopalians both here in Maine and across the wider Church that we will continue the conversation about these issues for years to come.
Wallace Ohl is recently retired from the Diocese of Northwest Texas.
Bishop Adams has been elected and appointed Vicar of a parish in the Diocese of Central Florida. He expects to begin in March 2010.