By Mark Michael The Rev. June Major ended a six-day hunger strike outside the gates of the official residence of the Archbishop of Cape Town on July 6, after meeting with Archbishop Thabo Magkoba. Later the same day, the Anglican Church in Southern Africa announced that it would launch a disciplinary process to address allegations of rape she has raised against a fellow … [Read more...] about Priest’s Hunger Strike Prompts S. Africa Rape Case
Archives for July 8, 2020
Lambeth Conference Postponed Again, Until 2022
By Mark Michael Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby announced July 8 that the Lambeth Conference, the gathering of the Anglican Communion’s bishops usually held every 10 years, has been postponed until the summer of 2022, because of planning challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The conference had already been postponed until 2021 in March. The archbishop also … [Read more...] about Lambeth Conference Postponed Again, Until 2022
Eyes to See
By Elizabeth Baumann Reading from the Gospel of Matthew, 23:27-3927 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which on the outside look beautiful, but inside they are full of the bones of the dead and of all kinds of filth. 28So you also on the outside look righteous to others, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.29 … [Read more...] about Eyes to See