It has been reported that in the Church of Ireland every priest has been mailed a letter regarding same gender marriage in the Republic of Ireland. The content was developed by the Irish church’s House of Bishops and then sent as a pastoral letter from each priest’s bishop diocesan.
In our modern, connected world stories rise like rockets and quickly traverse the media sky and what seemed to generate so much light and noise in the immediate experience quickly fade from our attention. Sometimes, these stories speak to deeper happenings in the life of the body (and sometimes not) but here are some thoughts on the Church in the year just passed.
In a recent essay published by the progressive church website Modern Church, The Very Rev’d Prof Martyn Percy, Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, has offered a broad critique of the Church of England and the leadership of current the Archbishop of Canterbury.
The election of Presiding Bishop Michael Curry at the Episcopal Church’s General Convention this summer came in at number 23 of 26 leading religion news stories of the year.
The new marriage rites are available in electronic versions for free download, The Witnessing and Blessing of a Marriage and The Celebration and Blessing of
Religion Dispatches looks at the conservative Christian response to marriage equality and sees two possible paths being followed, but it isn’t clear where either might lead
Three years ago, Chick-fil-A found itself in the middle of the culture wars over same-sex marriage. After sponsoring an LGBT film festival, the chain is once again at the center of controversy but this time from across the road.
“I wasn’t expecting to get on – I thought the clergy were too conservative to vote for a progressive like me,”
After being released from jail, the county clerk in Kentucky who was jailed for contempt of court for her refusal to issue marriage licenses following
Albany parish asks Bishop Love to extend DEPO agreement to include marriage equality