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October 12 2005
ENGLAND: Churches near last rites, says Carey
In a lecture in a Buckinghamshire church, Dr Carey expressed his exasperation that his efforts to revive the Church of England in the 1990s had been frustrated by lack of support from the clergy.
He delivered a warning to his successor, Dr Rowan Williams, that his initiatives could meet a similar fate.
However, the former archbishop argued, however, that it was still possible to turn the tide if the Church did not "throw up its hands in despair"
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October 12 2005
SYDNEY: Anglicans lay down law
The standards would now include habitual drunkenness, serious financial impropriety, unchastity, or conviction of a criminal offence carrying a sentence of 12 months or more, Mr Gerber said.
The discipline ordinance agreed to last night concides with Archbishop Peter Jensen's anxiety over the the Howard Government workplace reforms.
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October 11 2005
WILLIAMS: Subdue the earth is not license to exploit it
This is understandable in many ways. But there is much more to be said; and some of it is said in Genesis, some in this morning's reading from the Gospel. First of all, let's look at the rest of what our story from Genesis tells us. It says that human beings are made in God's image; and it tells us that God looked on the whole of what he had made and saw that it was good. Human beings are made in God's image.
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October 11 2005
NEVADA: U.S. Episcopal leader says church must be inclusive
The event coincided with the 100th anniversary of St. Paul's.
In his sermon, Griswold cited Christ's analogy of the kingdom of heaven being like a wedding banquet, a feast reserved not for the chosen but for all people.
"And so the door to the banquet hall is flung wide and all sorts of riffraff, troublesome to us but close to the heart of God, are ushered in and given a place at the table," Griswold said.
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October 10 2005
ENGLAND: Postbag of hate for a black archbishop
Sentamu admitted he sometimes stared at people and wondered if it was they who were "writing these terrible, terrible letters". Then he smiled and added: "But I wake up every morning and I am breathing and I say, 'It's a good day; it's going to be okay'."
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October 10 2005
ARKANSAS: Congregation backs blessing of gay couples
These commitment ceremonies are not marriages but rather recognitions and blessings of the relationships, said Lowell Grisham, St. Paul¹s rector, or senior pastor. Same-sex marriage is prohibited by a state constitutional amendment approved by voters in November 2004.
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October 09 2005
VIRGINIA: Eames asks Akinola to reconsider his actions
Akinola, who heads the Communion's second largest province, is the leader of Anglican conservatives. In its synod last month in Onitsha, his church removed all references to communion with the See of Canterbury from its constitution, replacing them with a provision that placed the church in communion with all Anglican churches, dioceses and provinces that "hold and maintain the Historic Faith, Doctrine, Sacrament and Discipline of the one Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church."
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October 09 2005
KINGSTON, JAMAICA: Mind & Spirit - New form of occupation in Gaza
"From day one, I said, this is not the end of the occupation. This is the beginning of the new occupation," the Bishop disclosed. "Palestinians are not allowed to move in or out of The Gaza without being searched by Israel. The withdrawal was unilateral. It did not come about through negotiations," said Rev. El-Assal.
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October 08 2005
INTERVIEW: Archbishop Robin Eames, "I am the divine optimist"
Q: And one of those [requests] was seeking an expression of regret?
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October 08 2005
SYDNEY: Anglicans split over rites review
The legislative body of the Sydney diocese is to consider next week a report from a six-member committee set up to consider the possibility of confirmation no longer being required after baptism as an adult, and confirmation being administered by presbyters or appropriate laypeople as well as bishops.
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