
Episcopal Life reports: A teleconference meeting of the Episcopal Church's Executive Council will take place on Dec. 7 to discuss a possible statement on Ugandan legislation that would imprison for life or execute people who violate that country's anti-homosexuality laws...

Daily Reading for November 24 • Cecilia, Martyr at Rome, c. 280 and Clive Staples Lewis, Apologist and Spiritual Writer, 1963 (transferred) To anticipate the Enemy’s strategy, we must consider His aims. Th...

By Lauren R. Stanley PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – I need more money. Every single day that I live here in Haiti, that’s what I think: I need more money! I must think that at least 10 times per day, sometimes more often than that: I absolutely, positively must have more money! Ye...

A special session of the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church has been called to discuss the church's position on the "Anti-Homosexuality Bill" currently before the Ugandan Parliament...

Updated A group of over 150 Christian ordained and lay persons from representing mainly evangelical, Orthodox and Roman Catholic traditions, have released a manifesto linking the preservation of religious freedom to the need for a government ban on all abortions and any sort of same sex marriage...

The Rev. Michael Joseph Hanley was elected on the second ballot to be tenth Bishop of Oregon. Hanley is the Rector of St. Christopher Church in Roseville, Minnesota. If confirmed by a majority of Standing Committees and Bishops, he will be consecrated on April 10, 2010. Read the rest here...

From Public Research Associates: Sexual minorities in Africa have become collateral damage to our domestic conflicts and culture wars as U.S...

Some Episcopal churches in Bucks County, Pa., are pooling their money to buy advertisements in local newspapers during Advent. The text is edgier than most church advertising, and that may turn out to be what makes it effective. Keep in mind that Episcopalians account for about one percent of the U...

Rachel Zoll of the Associated Press has a story which indicates that the Vatican's 2005 decision to exclude gay men from the priesthood in the wake of the pedophilia scandals was misguided: A preliminary report commissioned by the nation's Roman Catholic bishops to investigate the clergy sex abuse...

Certain clergy of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America -- "people in lifelong, monogamous same-gender relationships" previously barred from serving -- are a step closer to reinstatement following a vote of the ELCA Church Council on Sunday, the ELCA site reports...

Brian Sellers-Peterson, of Episcopal Relief and Development, is assessing needs and working to rebuild life in El Salvador after Hurricane Ida. He sends these videos: A family impacted by Hurricane Ida: To assist with recovery please donate here...

Mark Guydish, writing in The Times Leader of Northeastern Pennsylvania, reflects on Evensong and the Presiding Bishop's clear message of mission: Something made the acoustics sing during a special “Evensong” last week that marked what was believed to be the first visit by the Episcopal Pre...

Though he says recent moves by the Vatican put "the cat among the pigeons," Bishop Tom Butler of the Southwark Synod (CoE) insists those converting to Catholicism won't take their buildings with them, Religious Intelligence relayed on Friday...

Icons visualize origin. They multitask as history books, anthropological guides, and sacred aesthetics. Icons point to the root of a people's existence, keeping record of what is held in common...








