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May 03 2005
Christianity taking over planet?
Rutz makes the point that Christianity is overlooked as the fastest-growing faith in the world because most surveys look at the traditional Protestant denominations and the Roman Catholic Church while ignoring Christian believers who have no part of either.
He says there are 707 million "switched-on disciples" who fit into this new category and that this "church" is exploding in growth.
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May 03 2005
CANADA: Anglican Bishops Deny Schism - No Moratorium on Same-Sex Blessings
The Canadian bishops also announced that they would not honour the request that they voluntarily refrain from sending delegates to the upcoming Anglican Consultative Council meeting in Nottingham in June 2005. Their delegation will "set out the thinking behind the recent actions of their Provinces, including the diversity of views on the matter of the blessing of same sex unions."
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May 03 2005
WASHINGTON, DC: Washington Diocese okays secret investigation of top official
Canon Flanagan has been very active in the Church, serving in high positions in several Dioceses, on General Convention Standing Committees, as a General Convention delegate, and in groups like the Episcopal Women's Caucus. She has been involved in the discipline of other priests, and she knows very well the consequences of illegal and abusive clerical conduct.
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May 02 2005
'How terribly unfortunate'...but we had to withdraw pro-gay Bishop's invitation
According to an article in the May edition of The Anglican Outlook, Gladwin was due to arrive here on May 23 for a visit that was expected to last until June 6, during which time he was scheduled to preach at the Family Day observances on Corpus Christi and participate in other activities in the diocese.
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May 02 2005
SALT LAKE CITY: Episcopal prelate puts focus on helping people
The Episcopal Church is part of the worldwide Anglican Communion, which has split on the subject of homosexuality, particularly since the ordination of a gay bishop in New Hampshire. There has even been talk of a schism in the U.S. church.
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May 01 2005
MEMPHIS: Priest's hip hop masses 'speak for the thugs'
"It's a great experience for our students," said Rev. Bindy Snyder, the school's chaplain.
"There's something fresh about this that resonates with people."
Employing hip hop music, local rappers and a break dancer, the worship service was a far cry from typical Episcopal tradition.
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April 30 2005
Bishop Duncan: We're the Anglicans here
TLC: Were you hoping that, by meeting toward the end of April, the Panel of Reference would have been appointed?
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April 29 2005
LONDON: Talk of ARCIC at brief encounter of Pope and Primate
Dr Williams presented the Pope with a pectoral cross. He introduced his wife, Jane, as a theologian; the Primate of the West Indies, the Most Revd Drexel Gomez, who chairs the Inter Anglican Standing Committee on Ecumenical Relations; and the Bishop of Rochester, Dr Michael Nazir-Ali.
A spokesman for Dr Williams said that he expected that there would be "a fuller meeting" with the Pope at a later date.
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April 29 2005
LONDON: Rebel bishops reconsider same-sex blessings
The worldwide Anglican communion has been brought to the brink of schism by the decision of the New Westminster diocese in Canada to authorise a same-sex blessings rite, along with the ordination of an openly homosexual bishop in America. Orthodox Anglicans in Africa and Latin America have demanded the suspension of Anglican churches that continue to flout biblical norms on issues such as homosexuality.
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April 29 2005
LONDON: Lambeth Palace spins its way into papal PR embarrassment
Although the claim was repeated by several national newspapers, it happens to be untrue. In fact, Dr Donald Coggan travelled to Rome to attend John Paul II's inauguration in 1978.
Lambeth Palace eventually retracted the incorrect press release, but not before it had intrigued religious observers. They see it as evidence of a hasty - and botched - attempt to "muscle in" on the recent coverage of papal affairs.
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