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December 05 2005
JACKSONVILLE, FL: Episcopalians rekindle church at site where congregation left
"Our business is to provide locations for people to meet Jesus Christ," said the Rev. Canon Kurt Dunkle, the chief of staff for Bishop John Howard. "So it was vitally important for that location to be reopened and energized for that purpose."
The Rev. David Sandifer and approximately 160 members of Calvary Church left their building and the diocese following the years of tension sparked when the Episcopal Church USA elected an openly gay bishop for New Hampshire in 2003.
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December 04 2005
BRAZIL: Bishops rip interference in their province over Diocese of Recife
We have evidences of some cases involving situations that violate its votes of ordinance.
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December 04 2005
UGANDA: 7000 sing and dance as Sandy Millar consecrated Bishop
The consecrations took place in Arua, a town of 60,000 in North West Uganda near the borders with Sudan and the Congo. The diocese, with 800 churches and 200 clergy in a population nearing 2 million, is also a springboard for mission in those countries and has been a haven for refugees.
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December 03 2005
BLANTYNE: Malawi Anglicans reject pro-gay UK bishop
"The court declined to confirm Reverend Nicholas Henderson as bishop of the Lake Malawi diocese on grounds that ... (his) active association as general secretary of the Modern Church People's Union made him unsuitable for confirmation," the statement said.
The Anglican church in Malawi has close to 2 million followers and three dioceses.
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December 02 2005
WHITE HOUSE: Bush won't intercede on behalf of Episcopal Church
"Will the president intercede on behalf of this church to stop this investigation that has all the earmarks of a political retribution, since the president has so much respect for churches?" WND asked McClellan.
Responded the press secretary: "I'm not familiar with this specific enforcement action, but I think that that's something you need to address to the IRS, if it's an IRS enforcement action."
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December 02 2005
SWEDEN: Priests Will Ignore Church Decision to Bless Gay Unions
The author of the declaration, the Rev Yngve Kalin, pastor of Hyssna in Southern Sweden, told The Church of England Newspaper the protest was "unique in the history of our Church" drawing support from "various traditions, from North to South, [and] men and women" in support.
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December 02 2005
YORK: Archbishop tells warring Anglicans "cool it"
Asked if he thought the church could be headed for schism, the 56-year-old archbishop said: "It may happen. I have got to be realistic."
Two years of deepening divisions among the world's 77 million Anglicans were sparked by the ordination of gay American bishop Gene Robinson and the blessing of same sex marriages in Canada.
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December 02 2005
CANADA: Decline in Anglican membership quickening
Although waning membership is not a new problem for church leaders, the Anglican report, presented in October to a closed-door meeting of the Church's House of Bishops, was a "wake-up call" to Anglican leaders, few of whom understood the depth or seriousness of the problem, said Archbishop Andrew Hutchison, the Anglican Primate of Canada.
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December 01 2005
ENGLAND: John Sentamu sworn in as Archbishop of York
But the arrival of a troupe of bare-chested Ugandan dancers from St Matthew's church in Stratford, east London, sporting ostrich plumes, leopardskin leotards and with one boy in an Arsenal t-shirt, brought with it a scent of the warm African air of change promised by this new Archbishop.
Dr Sentamu plays the drums during his
enthronement service in York Minster (John Giles/AP)
December 01 2005
ROME: Ban on Homosexual Men From Priesthood Was Always in Place
Writing in the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, in an article that appeared alongside the newly released instruction on homosexuality and the priesthood, Msgr. Anatrella wrote that the new Vatican Instruction barring homosexuals from Catholic seminaries was necessary because "homosexuality has become an increasingly worrisome problem," adding that the acceptance of homosexuality could have a "destabilizing" effect on the lives of individuals and on society at large.
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