Tag: News reports

A convicted arsonist was arrested on Sunday outside of Grace Cathedral in San Francisco by police following a tip that he was intending to burn

Pew Rearch has released an interesting survey that finds a strong relationship between a country’s religiosity and its economic status. In poorer nations, religion remains central to the lives of individuals, while secular perspectives are more common in richer nations. This relationship generally is consistent across regions and countries, although there are some exceptions, including most notably the United States, which is a much more religious country than its level of prosperity would indicate.

People of the region are ready to do whatever is needed to help the folks of Southern California get back on their feet after the wildfires. The Diocese of Louisiana’s offices are getting calls asking when folks are preparing to leave for California.

Scattered across the news feeds are reports of Anglican parishes “defecting to Rome.” The request seems to have come out of Ireland, joined by others from 12 countries. If approved by the Vatican, the move would allow 400,000 traditional Anglicans worldwide to be admitted into the Catholic Church–in fact, would see the entire parish communities received into the Catholic Church.

James Watson, who won a Nobel for his work on DNA caused a quite a furor by suggesting that blacks were less intelligent than other races. In response, Steven Levitt presents some data suggesting that Watson’s assumptions about a genetic explanation for disparities in intelligence tests are simply wrong.

The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori, Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, spoke to a live audience at the studios of Trinity Church on Wall Street in New York and responded to questions from Web viewers and the studio audience. The Webcast concluded just before 4 p. m. EDT, but should be available on demand soon.

The San Francisco Chronicle has news that the Rev. James Tramel, a priest in the Episcopal Diocese of California, has been suspended while an allegation

The Church Times reports on an analysis of demographic statistics in the United Kingdom. The surprising news is that even as cohabitation is on the