Women Bishops in the Church of England?: A Report of the House of Bishops' Working Party on Women in the Episcopate
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
The Apostolic Constitution setting out the terms on which Anglicans may become Catholics has been published. What will it mean? In planning the momentous service in Canterbury Cathedral in 1982, a key question was who would sit on St Augustine's chair – Pope John Paul II or the Archbishop of Canterbury, Robert Runcie? The Dean, Victor de Waal, solved the issue with great insight. The Canterbury...
Recta Ratio (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
From The Liturgical Year, by Abbot Prosper Gueranger, OSB:WHEN the number of the Sundays after Pentecost is only twenty-three, the Mass for to-day is taken from the twenty-fourth and last Sunday; and the Mass appointed for the twenty-third is said on the previous Saturday, or on the nearest day of the preceding week which is not impeded by a double or semi-double feast.But, under all circumstances,...
Times Online (Free subscription) | yesterday
The prayer offered by the Bishop of London to the thousands of veterans of past wars gathered at the Cenotaph yesterday epitomised the sacrifices being made in Afghanistan, as two more fatalities were reported over the weekend.
Prodicus (Free subscription) | yesterday
I had a bit of a lie-in this morning. Half-awake, I switched on the radio and caught the last half of the Sunday religious affairs magazine on BBC Radio 4. They were talking about the Windsor Celebration , a meeting of world religious leaders pledging to 'reduce the carbon footprints of their faiths' (whatever the fuck that means) everywhere from Medjugorje to Medina. So I was right, then . L Ron Gore...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Former priest announces move to Catholic church A bestselling author and Anglican priest has launched an outspoken attack on the Church of England and revealed that he is converting to Catholicism. GP Taylor, whose children's book Shadowmancer became an international bestseller and is being turned into a film, accused the church of sinking "into a liberal pit that was no earthly use and offered...
I'm Getting Tired of Useless Desires... (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
A REMEMBRANCE Day ceremony in honour of Leicester’s war dead is due to take place at Victoria Park. The memorial service and parade will take place on Sunday, November 8, and about 3,000 people are expected to attend to pay their respects. The event will take place at the park’s war memorial at 10.55am, and will finish at 11.40am with a march past along Peace Walk. Leicester Lord Mayor...
Let nothing you dismay (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Go to the Credo Cymru website for the latest correspondence concening the bishops' latest and highly predictable refusal to grant episcopal provision to traditional Anglicans in Wales: http://www.credocymru.co.uk/home/news.html One question: given the fact that we all recognise that alternative or additional episcopal care is indeed an anomaly in terms of the theology of holy order, albeit in the service...
icWales (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams’ ginger biscuits:
Ten Reasons (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Bishop Clark of Rochester's promised (threatened') book on "lay ecclesial ministry" is soon out from Ave Maria Press. He is available for interviews. Currently in the U.S., there are over 30,000 lay ecclesial ministers serving the Catholic Church, and another 16,000 studying in ministry formation programs – nearly five times the number of men preparing for ordination to the priesthood....
The Ugley Vicar (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Yesterday’s news that the Venerable Donald Allister had been appointed the next Bishop of Peterborough initially came as a pleasant surprise in the midst of all the doom and gloom. Donald is well-known in Conservative Evangelical circles — indeed he used to be chairman of the Council of Church Society. I therefore found myself somewhat baffled by what Donald is quoted as saying in a press-release...
The Ugley Vicar (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
The more I look at this , the more confused I am about the new Bishop of Peterborough. In the Diocesan press release it is stated that, Contrary to some inaccurate decade-old news reports still in circulation,[Donald Allister] ... never refused communion to unconfirmed children if the parish church has followed the proper guidelines for their preparation [...]. He remains concerned, however, that...
The Lead (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Pat Ashworth summarizes the response of Anglican groups and others to the proposed anti-gay legislation now being proposed in Uganda, noting that in 2007 the Archbishop of Canterbury criticized an Anglican bishop who supported a Nigerian version of this type...
Archbishop Cranmer (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
From ‘Very Worried of Richmond Hill: Islamic shari’a councils are now recognised as arbitration tribunals under the 1996 Arbitration Act, and are part of the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) procedure available to UK citizens. So far, at least five councils have been recognised as tribunals and moves are afoot to have scores more throughout the country. The tribunals cover all disputes...
Ryan McCarl (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
My latest op-ed, "A limited ecumenism," appeared today in Sightings , the newsletter of the Martin Marty Center at the University of Chicago Divinity School. It discusses the Catholic Church's recent outreach to traditionalist Anglicans. Sightings is a free online publication sent out twice a week to over 7,000 scholars, ministers, students, and others interested in the intersection of religion...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Trust urged to improve standards at existing 17 schools and two due to open in 2010 The government has banned the largest sponsor of academies from taking on new schools until it dramatically improve the ones it already runs, the Guardian has learned. The United Learning Trust (ULT) was called into the office of the schools secretary, Ed Balls, last week and told it could not sponsor any more schools...
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