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 […]
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 […]
‘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 […]
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 […]
The Local Church Serves the Whole
Catholic Voices The Authority of General Convention: A Conversation Part 2 By Ephraim Radner Bishop Franklin helpfully approaches the question of General Convention’s authority as a church “council” by drawing a historical line between the nascent Episcopal Church’s formation and what we now call the “conciliar” tradition. The early Church settled disputes through councils, and […]
No Higher Human Authority
Catholic Voices The Authority of General Convention: A Conversation Part 2 By R. William Franklin Professor Ephraim Radner raises two questions [TLC, Sept. 25] which to me relate our historical and theological exchanges about the authority of General Convention to a future decision the Episcopal Church must make about the proposed Anglican Covenant. Radner asks […]
Conciliarism and Convention’s Authority
Catholic Voices The Authority of General Convention: A Conversation By R. William Franklin In these essays we focus on the basis of the authority of the General Convention. It is a topic at the heart of discussions about the church’s future — in, as it were, its domestic affairs and foreign relations. May parishes and […]