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April 04 2004
WASHINGTON, DC: Rowan Williams: To Understand Believers, Understand Unbelievers
The lecture was delivered as part of a "Building Bridges" interfaith seminar between Muslim and Christian scholars that began last night and will continue through Wednesday. It is the third such
"Building Bridges" conference, following on the heels of similar gatherings in London in 2002, hosted by Williams's predecessor, Lord Carey, and Qatar in 2003.
April 04 2004
BUFFALO: Episcopal churches see cut in donations
Nationally, donations to the Episcopal Church are down about $3 million, or 6 percent, since the confirmation of New Hampshire Bishop V. Gene Robinson, officials said.
Elsewhere in New York, dioceses reported none of the hardship being felt in Buffalo, where at least five parishes are withholding most or all of their financial pledges. An additional 22 parishes have not yet submitted pledges or have pledged less than the diocese had hoped for.
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April 03 2004
WESTERN NEW YORK: Bishop Faces Financial Backlash To Robinson Consecration
Our parishes and missions have been most generous over the years in making our giving a sign or sacrament of the generosity of our God in giving us all that we have.
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April 03 2004
SYDNEY: Priests Forced to Reveal Sexual Past
The use of internet chat rooms and pornography comes under scrutiny in the eight-page document approved by the diocese's professional standards committee, a copy of which has been obtained by The Australian.
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April 02 2004
ALBANY: HoB Responds - Is half a loaf better than none?
Last October, the Primates - the archbishops of the thirty-eight Churches of the Anglican Communion, our Presiding Bishop being one of them - stated in a pastoral letter, "Whilst we affirm the teaching of successive Lambeth Conferences that bishops must respect the autonomy and territorial integrity of dioceses and provinces other than their own, we call on the provinces concerned to make adequate provision for episcopal oversight of dissenting minorities within their own area of pastoral car
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April 02 2004
TORONTO: Archbishop protests interference of foreign primates
Four out of 11 churches that do not recognize the authority of Bishop Michael Ingham of New Westminster and formed the Anglican Communion in New Westminster (ACiNW) have accepted the offer.
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March 31 2004
LONDON: Muslim culture has contributed little for centuries, says Carey
Dr Carey's comments, in a lecture in Rome, are the most forthright by a
senior Church leader. He was speaking on the eve of a seminar of
Christian and Muslim scholars in New York, led by his successor as
archbishop, Dr Rowan Williams.
March 31 2004
CANADA: Catholic Bishops Warn Homosexual Hate Crime Bill Could Silence Church
In a letter sent yesterday, CCCB General Secretary Msgr. Mario Paquette
warned the Senate that: "Participation in the current public debate on
marriage has demonstrated there are individuals who believe that
Catholic Church teaching on homosexual behaviour is hatred. We remain
concerned that this Bill as presently drafted could be used in an
attempt to silence Church teaching in this regard."
March 31 2004
ATLANTA: Liberal Episcopalians from 11 Dioceses Unite
"There is room for everyone in the Episcopal Church," said
The Rev. Michael Russell, Rector of All Souls' Episcopal Church in San
Diego, CA, and a member of Episcopal Way of San Diego. "We believe that
the Christian way is to love, work and worship together - to resolve
disputes within the church without tearing it apart."
March 31 2004
ENGLAND: Visiting Bishop Wants End to Rhetoric on Gay Clergy
Yet when it came time to invade Iraq, the United States acted virtually alone, Wright said in a phone interview from England. He compared that action to the Episcopal Church's consecration of an openly gay bishop against existing church polity.
"So why should the world listen to the [Episcopalians in the] United States when changing Episcopal Church law?" he asked. "It is bound to be perceived as, 'There you go again.' It's more of the same."
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