VirtueOnline (Free subscription) | yesterday
ARLINGTON, TX: Diocese of Fort Worth Resolves For Church Unity By Michael Heidt Virtueonline Correspondent www.Virtueonline.org November 7, 2009 The 27th annual convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth, meeting at St. Peter and St. Paul's church in Arlington on November 7, 2009, passed two resolutions pledging continued affiliation with the Anglican Church in North America...
People Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday
Suspected Al-Qaida affiliated militants tossed a grenade early Saturday at abandoned Roman Catholic Church in the volatile southern Philippines but there were no reported casualties. Philippine military regional spokesman Major David Hontiveros told reporters the steel fence of San Isidro Labrador church was partially damaged in the blast that occurred shortly before 1:00...
Full Comment (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Is the Roman Catholic Church (RCC) being “bashed” these days, as writer Michael Coren recently claimed on these pages? Coren even goes so far as to say that RCC-bashing is “the last acceptable prejudice” in Western society — which suggests an element of base religious bigotry. On the other hand, is it possible that the torrent of criticism aimed at...
U.S. News (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
A Times reporter rebuts charges from New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan that her paper is anti-Catholic.
The Ugley Vicar (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
It is a little-understood feature of Anglican theology that the relationship between the Church of England and the Queen is not entirely unique. This is because the principle that the Queen is the Church’s ‘Supreme Governor’ depends not on the nature of the Church of England, but on the nature of the Queen’s rule . Article 37 deserves careful reading in...
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
VICAR-turned-author GP Taylor says he is deserting the "sinking ship" of the Church of England, which he described as the "spiritual arm of New Labour".
Catholicmomof10militant (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
The Catholic Education Service at the service of whom? Kate from At Home in My Father's House here writes Driving home tonight, I caught some of Radio 4's PM news programme in which changes to sex education in schools in England were announced. The main differences seem to be that sex and relationships education will now become mandatory in schools including 'faith' schools and the parental...
Time (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
A pair of prelates face off over pro-choice politicians in an unusually public dispute that threatens to split American Catholics
Anglican Mainstream (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
By Christopher Howse, Telegraph One must hope that when our next king swears his Coronation oath, the Church of England will still figure in it, says Christopher Howse. The Queen’s Chapel is a mysterious place. To be sure, it is open for services, but these take place only on Sundays between Easter and the end of July. [...]
Out Gay Life (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
An Atheist state-church separation group today called for an investigation by the Internal Revenue Service into the activities of a Roman Catholic Bishop in Brooklyn, NY for possible violation of campaign and IRS regulations.On Monday, The New York Tim... Group Calls for Investigation of Catholic Brooklyn Diocese for Campaign Violations is a post from the Out Gay Life Family...
Anglican Mainstream (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
It is a little-understood feature of Anglican theology that the relationship between the Church of England and the Queen is not entirely unique. This is because the principle that the Queen is the Church’s ‘Supreme Governor’ depends not on the nature of the Church of England, but on the nature of the Queen’s rule. Article 37 [...]
New York Post (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd's unfounded criticism of the Roman Catholic Church is both indefensible and reprehensible (" 'Bish' Bash Bull!," Nov. 4). Her mean-spirited hostility recalls the popular aphorism: "Anti-Catholicism is the anti...
internetmonk.com (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
No one reading, writing or commenting on the posts in this interview has ever been as angry as yours truly over the claims of the Roman Catholic Church. In ‘07 and ‘08, I was torn apart by this question. Being unable to commune with my wife or Catholic friends, knowing my ordination to the Gospel ministry [...]
Bene Diction Blogs On (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
It is fascinating to me how Bill Donohue of the US Catholic League attempts to provoke. It is also fascinating how he attempts to downplay child abuse by the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland by deflecting to a Reuters story. This aired on Today FM with Matt Cooper in Ireland on May 30th and came to [...]
VirtueOnline (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
A Sober View of the Anglican-Roman Kerfuffle By William A. Wheatley Special to Virtueonline www.virtueonline.org November 2, 2008 After Cardinal Levada announced the impending release of a new Constitution that will offer groups of the Anglican tradition a vehicle for corporate and sacramental union with Rome, there has been a flurry of speculation in the press, some of it joyously positive,...
