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Archive for March, 2010

Accusations that Pope Complicit in Abuse Cover-Up Fall Flat

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010 Posted in Pope Benedict | Comments Off

From LifeSite News (Clip) Many Catholic leaders and defenders of the pope have pointed out the irony that the accusations of such as Hitchens and the Times are directed against the ... Read more..

One of the largest parishes in the US pulls out of TEC for the Anglican Church in North America

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010 Posted in TEC | Comments Off

From Texanglican St. Andrew's Church in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, has voted by a 97% margin to depart from the Episcopal Church and align with the Anglican Church in North America. ... Read more..

Iona Institute launches religious practice ad campaign

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010 Posted in Mission | Comments Off

A new advertising campaign, the first ever of its kind, has been launched by The Iona Institute with the message, ‘Here’s a little science. The practice of religion is good ... Read more..

Meditations for Holy Week

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010 Posted in Faith | Comments Off

    Tues Mar  30 am: 6 pm: 94   Jer 15:10-21   Phil 3:15-21   John 12:20-26   TUESDAY IN HOLY WEEK   LITURGICAL THEME FOR THE DAY: In many countries, passion plays take place during Holy Week. These are often "sacred representations ... Read more..

Judge: Same-gender ‘marriage’ not a ‘fundamental right’

Monday, March 29th, 2010 Posted in Gay Marriage | Comments Off

From OneNewsNow A Pennsylvania judge has said no to a lesbian pair seeking a divorce -- and a state-based family advocate is applauding that decision. Carole Ann Kern and Robin Lynn Taney ... Read more..

Virginia Supreme Court sets Episcopal Church/Diocese of Virginia appeal

Monday, March 29th, 2010 Posted in TEC | Comments Off

From Baby Blue Online Virginia Supreme Court has now narrowed the date for the Episcopal Church/Diocese of Virginia hearing to April 13th. This is to hear the appeal of Judge Randy ... Read more..

ENGLAND: Conservative group denounces consent to Glasspool’s election in Los Angeles

Monday, March 29th, 2010 Posted in TEC | Comments Off

From Episcopal Life Online A conservative evangelical group in the Church of England has censured the Episcopal Church for consenting to the election of Los Angeles Bishop-elect Mary Glasspool, saying the ... Read more..

President of Exodus International comes to Northern Ireland

Monday, March 29th, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

Alan Chambers, President of Exodus international will visit Northern Ireland on Thursday (evening) 22nd and Friday (morning) 23 April 2010. Further information see online brochure here. Thursday evening 22nd April: “Leaving ... Read more..

Sex abuse in the Catholic Church – A Response to the New York Times

Monday, March 29th, 2010 Posted in Pope Benedict | Comments Off

By Fr. Raymond J. de Souza, National Review Online The New York Times on March 25 accused Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI, of intervening to prevent a priest, Fr. ... Read more..

Scoundrel Time(s)

Monday, March 29th, 2010 Posted in Children/Family, Culture | Comments Off

By George Weigel, First Things The sexual and physical abuse of children and young people is a global plague; its manifestations run the gamut from fondling by teachers to rape by ... Read more..

Pope John Paul II ignored Ratzinger’s pleas to pursue sex abuse cardinal

Monday, March 29th, 2010 Posted in Pope Benedict | Comments Off

By Damian Thompson, Telegraph Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger tried to persuade Pope John Paul II to mount a full investigation into a cardinal who abused boys and young monks, one of the ... Read more..

Mothers and fathers disappear from birth certificate to allow homosexual couples to be named as parents

Monday, March 29th, 2010 Posted in News | Comments Off

By Steve Doughty, Mailonline The words 'mother' and 'father' are to disappear from birth certificates to allow homosexual couples to be named as 'parents' of surrogate children. The switch means the ... Read more..

The War Against Free Speech

Monday, March 29th, 2010 Posted in Civil Liberty, Freedom Of Speech | Comments Off

 By Bill Muehlenberg This site has documented numerous examples of the secular left squelching freedom of speech for anyone it deems to be politically incorrect. Indeed, whole books have been written ... Read more..

Meditations: Monday in Holy Week

Monday, March 29th, 2010 Posted in Faith | Comments Off

Mon Mar 29 am: Ps 51 pm: 69:1-23   Jer 12:1-16   Phil 3:1-14   John 12:9-19   MONDAY IN HOLY WEEK   LITURGICAL THEME FOR THE DAY: As early as the fourth century, St. John Chrysostom referred to Holy Week as The ... Read more..

Sermon by the new Primate of Nigeria at the Thanksgiving Service for the Ministry of Archbishop Peter Akinola.

Monday, March 29th, 2010 Posted in Nigeria | Comments Off

The service was held on Palm Sunday in St Peter’s Cathedral, Abeokuta, Ogun State in south west Nigeria, in Archbishop Akinola’s home city. This is the cradle of Christianity in ... Read more..

A brief CV of the new Primate of Nigeria

Monday, March 29th, 2010 Posted in Nigeria | Comments Off

Nichiolas Dikeriehi Okoh was born on 10 November 1952 in Delta State, Nigeria.  His parents were subsistence farmers.  He attended an Anglican School and after a short time in business ... Read more..

“Same-Sex Relationships in the Life of the Church” – submissions to TEC House of Bishops

Sunday, March 28th, 2010 Posted in TEC | Comments Off

From Trinity School for Ministry (Hat Tip: Stand Firm) Two years ago The Episcopal Church House of Bishops asked a panel of eight theologians, four "conservative" and four "liberal," to produce ... Read more..

The paradoxes that lie at the heart of liberal Christianity and its attempt to ‘reform’ the Church

Sunday, March 28th, 2010 Posted in Church of England | Comments Off

By Geoffrey Kirk, New Directions With the passage of time I find myself more and more fascinated by the psychopathology of liberal Christians. What makes them tick? What motivates them to ... Read more..

Pope will ‘not be intimidated by petty gossip’ over sex abuse scandals

Sunday, March 28th, 2010 Posted in Pope Benedict | Comments Off

By Nick Pisa, Telegraph In a clear indication that the Vatican continues to insist the continual abuse revelations are part of a conspiracy the Pope said: "From God comes the courage ... Read more..

South Carolina Diocese Engages in ‘Battle’ with Episcopal Church

Sunday, March 28th, 2010 Posted in TEC | Comments Off

By Lillian Kwon, Christian Post Though the Diocese of South Carolina remains affiliated with The Episcopal Church, the two are waging a battle over Scripture and polity. South Carolina Bishop Mark Lawrence ... Read more..