an information resource
for orthodox Anglicans

Archive for March, 2009

British TV Could Carry Advertisements for Abortionists

Friday, March 27th, 2009 Posted in Children/Family, pro-life/abortion | Comments Off

By Hilary White and John Jalsevac, LifeSite News While Britain's abortion rate continues to climb, the UK's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has announced a proposal to change the rules to allow ... Read more..

Cameroon Bishops Support Pope’s Words on AIDS

Friday, March 27th, 2009 Posted in AIDS, Pope Benedict | Comments Off

From Zenit Express Astonishment At Media's Misrepresentation The Cameroonian bishops are joining Benedict XVI in emphasizing the importance of God's plan for sexuality in order to fight AIDS, while affirming the Church's ... Read more..

Lenten Meditations

Friday, March 27th, 2009 Posted in Faith | Comments Off

... Read more..

Lambeth’s £288,000 deficit due to incompetence

Thursday, March 26th, 2009 Posted in Lambeth Conference | Comments Off

By George Conger, Religious Intelligence Poor planning, inexperienced management, and weak financial controls contributed to a £288,000 deficit for the 2008 Lambeth Conference, a report released last week by the Archbishops' ... Read more..

Lambeth Conference review recommends better fundraising, communication, risk management

Thursday, March 26th, 2009 Posted in Lambeth Conference | Comments Off

By Matthew Davies, Episcopal Life Online An independent review of the Lambeth Conference's fiscal activities suggests that future conferences should engage better fundraising practices and tighter risk management measures to avoid ... Read more..

Gays still seek help from therapists to reorientate

Thursday, March 26th, 2009 Posted in News | Comments Off

From The Christian Institute A significant minority of mental health professionals are attempting to help clients with unwanted homosexual desires, a new survey reveals. Of over 1,400 mental health professionals questioned, 17 ... Read more..

Another Day, Another Case of UK Thuggery

Thursday, March 26th, 2009 Posted in Culture, Faith, Freedom Of Speech, Homosexuality | Comments Off

By Bill Muehlenberg It is getting to the place where one could set up a full time blog, chronicling the daily instances of UK fascism. It could be called, “The Nation ... Read more..

Religious tensions on rise at UK universities

Thursday, March 26th, 2009 Posted in Intolerance | Comments Off

From Religious Intelligence FAITH IS becoming increasingly polarized on university campuses according to both Christians and secularists. Students are becoming more animated about defending their individual world view rather than fighting ... Read more..

Confronting the Hook-Up Culture

Thursday, March 26th, 2009 Posted in Culture, From Lisa's Lookout, youth culture | Comments Off

ROBERT GEORGE AND JOHN LONDREGAN  Catholic Education Resource Centre A new approach is needed to support students in the hostile hook-up culture on college campuses. ... Read more..

New Dioceses for Sudan

Thursday, March 26th, 2009 Posted in Global South | Comments Off

By George Conger, CEN The Episcopal Church of the Sudan has created two new dioceses, carving the Dioceses of Pakong and Akot out of the Diocese of Rumbek in the Lakes ... Read more..

Canada: Two more parishes quit

Thursday, March 26th, 2009 Posted in Anglican Church Of Canada, Anglican Network in Canada | Comments Off

By George Conger Two British Columbia parishes have quit the Anglican Church of Canada and have affiliated with the Anglican Network in Canada (ANiC). The votes by St Matthias in Victoria ... Read more..

Condoms to be advertised round-the-clock on TV

Thursday, March 26th, 2009 Posted in Children/Family, Culture | Comments Off

By Ruth Gledhill, Timesonline Condoms are to be advertised round-the-clock on television under proposals published today. In an attempt to cut the teenage pregnancy rate, which is the highest in Europe, the ... Read more..

God ‘will not give happy ending’

Thursday, March 26th, 2009 Posted in Archbishop Of Canterbury | Comments Off

From BBC News God will not intervene to prevent humanity from wreaking disastrous damage to the environment, the Archbishop of Canterbury has warned. In a lecture, Dr Rowan Williams urged a "radical ... Read more..

UK: Ramifications of the failure of the Free Speech Clause?

Thursday, March 26th, 2009 Posted in Freedom Of Speech, Political Correctness | Comments Off

From Mailonline Gay actor Christopher Biggins asks 'Will they lock me up for playing Widow Twankey?'   During the dark days of Soviet oppression, there was a joke that did the rounds in ... Read more..

Simian students throw feces at conservative speakers

Thursday, March 26th, 2009 Posted in Freedom Of Speech, Political Correctness | Comments Off

By Don Feder, One News Now On March 11, I joined a growing fraternity – conservatives who've been prevented from speaking on college campuses.   Student storm troopers have become the final arbiters ... Read more..

Consents Process Under way for ‘Buddhist Bishop’

Thursday, March 26th, 2009 Posted in TEC | Comments Off

From The Living Church After official ballots were distributed during the House of Bishops’ spring retreat in North Carolina last week, bishops began voting on whether to consent to the election ... Read more..

Toronto plans SSBs without any vote

Thursday, March 26th, 2009 Posted in Anglican Church Of Canada, Same-sex blessings | Comments Off

By Sue Careless, The Anglican Planet The Diocese of Toronto plans to bless same-sex relationships without taking any formal vote on the theologically contentious issue. "(A vote) would cause more division ... Read more..

What the Evidence Really Says about Scripture and Homosexual Practice: Five Issues

Thursday, March 26th, 2009 Posted in Apologetics, Homosexuality | Comments Off

By Robert Gagnon 1.  Jesus Claim: Jesus had no interest in maintaining a male-female requirement for sexual relations. What the evidence really shows: Jesus believed that a male-female requirement for sexual relations was ... Read more..

Lenten Meditations

Thursday, March 26th, 2009 Posted in Faith | Comments Off

... Read more..

Church has only itself to blame for ignorance of Christianity, says cleric

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009 Posted in Apologetics | Comments Off

By Martin Beckford, Telegraph.co.uk Churches only have themselves to blame for widespread ignorance of Christianity, according to The Very Rev Adrian Newman, the Dean of Rochester. Mr Newman said the Church of ... Read more..