Barry Stopfel: Righter ‘Chose Love over Doctrine’
The Rt. Rev. Walter Cameron Righter fought in the Battle of the Bulge during World War II, but among Episcopalians he may be best known for his sojourn with the Court for the Trial of a Bishop. Righter, who was the seventh Bishop of Iowa, died Sept. 11 at his home in Export, east of […]
Here’s Your Mitre, What’s Your Hurry?
News Analysis The blogosphere is abuzz about a Daily Telegraph article Sept. 10 saying that Rowan Williams, the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury, intends to leave office next year for a return to Cambridge University, where he taught from 1980 to 1986. Naturally enough Lambeth Palace is not commenting on the story. Nor are there indications […]
Pittsburgh Seeks Nominees
Members of the Diocese of Pittsburgh’s Search/Nominating Committee write that they will receive names until September 30, and add: Our recommendations for a slate of nominees will be submitted to the Standing Committee before January 15, 2012. Following the publication of that slate, there will be a three-week period for nomination by petition before the […]
St. Paul’s Welcomes the Pilgrims of 9/11
By Catherine Kohn In some of the darkest moments of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center ten years ago, Nathan Brockman saw Christian hope embodied at the parish of Trinity Wall Street. “One of the more remarkable things I’ve seen is how immediately people’s faith came into play. Right after the first tower […]
Shahbaz Bhatti, Pakistani Martyr
News Updates Home » News Updates » 2011 » September » 1 Shahbaz Bhatti, Pakistani Martyr Posted on: September 1, 2011 From George Weigel of the Ethics and Public Policy Center: A lot of the history of the last six and a half decades has at least something to do with the failure of British […]
‘We Must Make Capitalism Serve Us’
From the Diocese of New York We Must Not Serve Capitalism — We Must Make It Serve Us By the Rt. Rev. Mark S. SiskBishop of New York On Friday, October 21, I visited Zuccotti Park, the site — at least until last night — of the Occupy Wall Street protest. Whatever happens next in […]
Following the Canons to Bede Parry
From the Anglican Communion Institute In 2004 the Bishop of Nevada, Katharine Jefferts Schori, received a former Roman Catholic priest, Bede Parry, as a priest in the Episcopal Church. What made this instance of a relatively common phenomenon remarkable is that Parry had sexually abused minors under his care as a Roman Catholic priest, he […]
The Authority of General Convention: A Conversation
Catholic Voices The Authority of General Convention: A Conversation Introduction by Daniel H. Martins, convener Authority is currently something of a hot topic in Anglican circles. Discussion of the proposed Anglican Covenant has raised questions of whether it would lessen the authority of the 38 member provinces to order their own internal life and add […]