On February 29, several parishioners approached The Rev. Canon Robert Schiesler, Rector of St. Marks, Grand Rapids, and President of the Standing Committee of the Diocese of Western Michigan, requesting an opportunity to discuss their concerns and to find a way forward before the parish closes.
Read moreA VOL reader said, “Once I saw that he had a fondness for lots of sex with anonymous men and went to church, I was afraid I knew what church denomination he was a member of.”
Newspaper headlines ran: “Manhattan man found murdered, gagged and bound, in Chelsea -- Gruesome discovery stunned neighbors”
Neighbors and friends of John Laubach, 57, were stunned to learn of the quiet man’s violent death. , and policePolice were are still hunting for suspects in the killing.
Read moreBefore he left the US for South Africa, Presiding Bishop Brian Marsh wrote VOL to say that he fully anticipated a course would be charted that is unambiguously Anglican under leadership that will uphold and teach, by word and example, the faith of Christ crucified. "You may be certain that I will do my best to ensure that any decisions provide for the spiritual safety of God's faithful people."
Read more"The question now is how do we live with our deep differences? Traditional settlements of solving religion in public life are floundering.
"The Church of England finds itself numerically, culturally and above all theologically and spiritually extremely weak and caught between the pincer of an aggressive secularism on one side and a growing Islam on the other side and fading away into relative irrelevance."
Read moreCavalcanti said the media had already long ago manipulated public opinion, an authentic brainwashing to break resistance and "reeducate" the nation.
Read moreIt seems that Mrs. Jefferts Schori has outed herself quite openly by abandoning traditional sexual morality and dumping Jewish law (which she misinterprets). Excellent. Instead, she wants a new world order where traditional Christian understandings of morality are abandoned. This is such sweet music to our ears, Wormwood.
Read moreArchbishop Wabukala took issue with the Presiding Bishop saying the Millennium Development Goals have grown out of a secularized Western culture that is pushing Christianity to the margins and using the language of human rights and equality to promote irresponsibility in social life and diminish personal responsibility.
Read moreMoyer received a nulla osta (no impediment) from the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith in early November 2011. However, the local Catholic bishop has to give a votum for someone who resides in his diocese. Archbishop Charles Chaput declined to give Moyer his votum to proceed toward ordination in the Catholic Church.
Read moreIt is a clear warning that Bennison, who was on the verge of being tossed out of the diocese for conduct unbecoming a bishop but slipped through the cracks because of the Statute of Limitations, is now firmly back in control with his trademark signature bullying and coercing the few faithful priests into strict conformity with his revisionist views.
Read moreThe Rt. Rev. Steven Andrew Miller, the eleventh bishop of Milwaukee, completely bought into The Episcopal Church's liberal positions and was not prepared to negotiate for the property. Today the church stands empty.
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