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Lawsuit Prompts Priest’s Resignation
Channel: Living Church
Posted By:  Benjamin Guyer on June 28, 2011    Excerpt: The lawsuit said that Parry submitted to psychological testing in 2000. “The results of this testing revealed that Fr. Parry was a sexual abuser who had the proclivity to reoffend…   Read full post >>

Dozens killed after Iraq church attack
Channel: BBC
Posted By:  Fr. Jody Howard on November 01, 2010    Excerpt: Dozens of people have been killed as security forces stormed a Catholic church in Baghdad to free dozens of hostage, according to a the Deputy Interior official. Maj Gen Hussein…   Read full post >>

A message from the Archbishop of Canterbury on the Anglican Communion Covenant
Channel: Archbishop of Canterbury  Author: Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury
Posted By:  Benjamin Guyer on December 18, 2009    Excerpt: After several years of work, the proposed covenant for the Anglican Communion has now reached its final form and is being distributed to the provinces for discussion, and I hope…   Read full post >>

The Anglican Covenant: Final Text
Channel: Anglican Communion News Service  Author: Covenant Design Group
Posted By:  Benjamin Guyer on December 18, 2009    Excerpt: (4.2.1) The Covenant operates to express the common commitments and mutual accountability which hold each Church in the relationship of communion one with another. Recognition of, and fidelity to, this…   Read full post >>

Former clinic director: Church chilly to my pro-life turn  Author: Julia Duin
Posted By:  Benjamin Guyer on November 13, 2009    Excerpt: Abby Johnson, the former Planned Parenthood clinic director whose about-face on abortion prompted her to resign her job, says she's gotten flack for her decision from an unexpected quarter: her…   Read full post >>

Why did Jesus die? [Islington Alpha Course, Part 3 of 10]
Channel: Guardian  Author: Adam Rutherford
Posted By:  Benjamin Guyer on July 25, 2009    Excerpt: [Read part two of this series.] A bishop stands before us, grappling with the thorny subject of "why Christ had to die." Recently promoted to the bishopric of Sherborne, St…   Read full post >>

A matter of facts, not faith [Islington Alpha Course, Part 2 of 10]
Channel: Guardian  Author: Adam Rutherford
Posted By:  Benjamin Guyer on July 25, 2009    Excerpt: [Read part one of this series.] Let's just quickly get this out of the way. There are no contemporaneous documents about Jesus. The gospels were written a minimum of 30…   Read full post >>

From AA to Alpha [Islington Alpha Course, Part 1 of 10]
Channel: Guardian  Author: Adam Rutherford
Posted By:  Benjamin Guyer on July 25, 2009    Excerpt: "Is this it?" asks the back of the 276. It's an advert for the Alpha Course, Christianity's pseudo-philosophical middle class recruitment drive, public transport again being the preferred method of…   Read full post >>

Texas Rector Withdraws from Episcopal Election in Malawi
Channel: Living Church
Posted By:  Benjamin Guyer on July 23, 2009    Excerpt: The Very Rev. Scott Wilson, rector of All Saints’ Church, Weatherford, Texas, has withdrawn as a candidate to serve the Diocese of North Malawi in the Province of Central Africa.…   Read full post >>

Anaheim Statement Attracts More Support
Channel: Living Church
Posted By:  Benjamin Guyer on July 20, 2009    Excerpt: Five additional bishops have signed the Anaheim Statement, the letter of dissent to the actions of the 76th General Convention in which bishops pledge to continue moratoria on same-gender blessings,…   Read full post >>

Letter to Archbishop of Canterbury Defends D025 Adoption
Channel: Living Church
Posted By:  Benjamin Guyer on July 17, 2009    Excerpt: In a letter dated July 16 and hand-delivered to Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, the Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori, Presiding Bishop, and Bonnie Anderson, president of the House of…   Read full post >>

Signatures on the Anaheim Statement
Channel: Living Church  Author: George Conger
Posted By:  Benjamin Guyer on July 17, 2009    Excerpt: Twenty-nine bishops have endorsed affirming their desire to remain part of the Anglican Communion and Episcopal Church while being faithful to the calls for restraint made by the wider church.…   Read full post >>

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