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5 hrs ago | www.livingchurch.org | Joe DeCaro

Responses Varied as Vatican Offers Plan Details

Since Oct. 20, when the Vatican announced its plan to welcome Anglicans into its fold, most responses have followed this pattern: Anglicans most directly affected by the plan have expressed gratitude. Others have used the occasion to criticize their fellow Anglicans or the Roman Catholic Church ...

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Related Topix: Roman Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI, Anglican

5 hrs ago | www.examiner.com | Joe DeCaro

Welcome, Catholics, to the Episcopal church

Why would an Episcopalian want to become a Catholic? Here are some reasons ...

1 comment

Related Topix: Roman Catholic Church, Religion, Pope Benedict XVI, Wedding

7 hrs ago | Poughkeepsie Journal

Zion Episcopal Church Celebrates 175th Anniversary

The Right Reverend Mark S. Sisk, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York, will attend the 175th Anniversary Service and Celebration at Zion Episcopal Church in Wappingers Falls, Saturday, Novebmer 14, 2009 beginning at 4:00 pm.

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Related Topix: Religion, Wappingers Falls, NY

15 hrs ago | www.independent.ie | Selecia Jones- JAX FL

Vatican Opens Doors To Married Anglican Clergy

THE Pope has made it as easy as possible for traditional and "continuing" Anglicans to convert to Roman Catholicism while retaining key elements of their ecclesiastical heritage.

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Related Topix: Anglican, Pope Benedict XVI, Roman Catholic Church

15 hrs ago | www.towleroad.com | Selecia Jones- JAX FL

700 Clergy and Lay Leaders Call on NY Senate to Pass Marriage Bill

The Empire State Pride Agenda today released a list of 700 clergy and lay leaders from across New York state who are in support of the legislature passing a marriage equality bill.

42 comments

Related Topix: New York, Religion, Judaism, Union Theological Seminary, Gay/Lesbian, Transgendered

16 hrs ago | www.mcall.com | Joe DeCaro

Episcopal bishop visits Diocese of Bethlehem

Bethlehem's Episcopal faithful welcomed their bishop Monday to an evening prayer service and a forum that touched on gay clergy and other contentious issues in the church ...

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Related Topix: Bethlehem, PA, Religion, Rome, PA

Mon Nov 09, 2009

www.foxnews.com | Joe DeCaro

Sweden's Lutheran Church Ordains First Openly Gay Bishop

Sweden's Lutheran church said Monday it had ordained its first openly gay bishop, just two weeks after it gave priests the right to wed same-sex couples ...

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian

www.livingchurch.org | Joe DeCaro

Southern Ohio to Allow Same-Sex Blessings

Two resolutions of the Episcopal Church's 76th General Convention have prompted another bishop to grant permission for blessing same-sex couples ...

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Related Topix: Religion, Gay/Lesbian

Ekklesia Daily News

US bishop 'grieves' over defeat of same-sex marriage law

US Episcopal Bishop Stephen T. Lane of Maine has said he joins the "many Episcopalians [who] are deeply grieved" by Maine voters' rejection of that state's same-gender marriage law last week.

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Related Topix: Religion, Portland Metro, Portland, ME, John Baldacci, US Governors, Christian

Sun Nov 08, 2009

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Clerics united in opposition to death penalty

It could be the start of a groan-worthy joke. A Catholic priest, a rabbi, an Episcopal rector, a Methodist minister and a Lutheran pastor sit down for some interfaith dialogue ...

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Related Topix: Death Penalty, Methodist, Religion, Pittsburgh, PA, Pittsburgh Metro, Liberty, PA

www.livingchurch.org | Joe DeCaro

Former TEC Dioceses Welcome Congregations

As two former Episcopal dioceses hold conventions this weekend, they are beginning to incorporate congregations from across the nation ...

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Related Topix: Religion, Anglican, California

www.spokesman.com | Joe DeCaro

Priest didn't seek top role November 8, 2009

The Rev. Brian Prior has firm roots in the Episcopal Diocese of Spokane. He grew up in Prosser, Wash., graduated from Whitworth College, was a fifth-grade substitute teacher at Midway Elementary in Mead and has worked in the diocese since he was ordained a priest in 1989.

Those roots will be transplanted to Minnesota as Prior prepares to take his new role as the ninth bishop of Minnesota in February ...

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Related Topix: Spokane Valley, WA, Deer Park, WA, Family, Kids, Cheney, WA, Religion

epistle.us | Selecia Jones- JAX FL

Epistle Homosexuality and the Bible by Bruce L. Gerig

Finding a Christian Gay Ethic Honoring God's Word requires more than just forcing harsh rules on others Born Gay? A study of evidence on both sides of the current nature/nurture debate The "Ex-Gay" Illusion A look at the harmful lies and deceptive claims of the ex-gay movement Main Series Sodom: An Ancient Story Refashioned Key Passages: Genesis ...

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epistle.us | Selecia Jones- JAX FL

Jesus the Intersexual by Bruce L. Gerig

Every Christmas we return again to the Nativity story, which relates how the archangel Gabriel appeared to Mary and told her, "[Y]ou will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you will name him Jesus" . When Mary asked how this could be since she was a virgin, he explained: "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High ...

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Christmas, University of San Francisco

www.pittsburghlive.com | Joe DeCaro

Anglican Diocese grows with addition of parishes

Three out-of-state churches Saturday joined the Anglican Diocese of Pittsburgh - a group of 55 parishes that last year broke away from the national Episcopal Church of America over issues ranging from abortion to the consecration of a non-celibate gay bishop ...

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Related Topix: Religion, Anglican, Homer City, PA

Sat Nov 07, 2009

The Post-Searchlight

St. John's Episcopal's bazaar is Nov. 21

St. Johna s Episcopal Church women will hold their annual Holiday Bazaar on Saturday, Nov.

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Related Topix: Canada, Religion

www.saintjohnscathedral.org | Selecia Jones- JAX FL

St. John's Cathedral Sermons:On The Web

http://www.saintjohnscathedral.org/worship/sermon-recordings.aspx#y2009 Click to hear the sermons from St. John's Cathedral, Jacksonville, Florida.

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www.tallahassee.com | Joe DeCaro

Catholic overtures to the Anglicans not likely to matter in U.S.

'When are you going to write about the Catholics' invitation to dissatisfied Anglicans?' a number of readers have asked.

They're referring to the Oct. 20 announcement that the Roman Catholic Church was going to make it easier for disaffected Anglican priests and communicants to join its ranks. The Vatican's prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Cardinal William J. Levada, said that Anglicans will be able "to enter full communion with the Catholic Church while preserving elements of the distinctive Anglican spiritual and liturgical patrimony" ...

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Related Topix: Roman Catholic Church, Anglican, Pope Benedict XVI

www.livingchurch.org | Selecia Jones- JAX FL

Anglicans Respond Coolly to Swedish Consecration of Lesbian Bishop

Swedish press reports that the Church of England and Church of Ireland will boycott the consecration of a partnered lesbian priest as Bishop of Stockholm are not true, spokesmen for the Archbishop of Canterbury and Archbishop of Armagh told The Living Church.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Religion, Sweden, World News, Wedding

dailygleaner.canadaeast.com | Joe DeCaro

Retired bishop rejects traditional concepts

There is no God, there is no heaven and there is no afterlife. At least, not in the way we have traditionally thought of such things.

But when a retired bishop says it, it's worth noting.

"My audience is not the people who go to church on Sunday morning," John Shelby Spong, the retired Episcopal bishop of Newark, N.J., said on a recent visit to Toronto ...

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Related Topix: Religion, Newark, NJ

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