Lambeth Conference welcomes ecumenical partners - Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams welcomed as "sharers in our work together" about 70 Anglican Communion ecumenical partners at a July 19 evening worship service in the 'big top' blue tent pitched on the grounds of the University of Kent in Canterbury.
Madrid conference links interreligious dialogue with building peace - Dialogue is "the best way for mutual understanding and cooperation in human relations as well as in peaceful coexistence among nations," said the final communiqué issued by the conveners of the World Conference on Dialogue and broadly affirmed by the conference which ended on Friday 18 July in Madrid, Spain.
Catholic Church stuck in past - Well, it's a start isn't it? The Church of England has voted to allow female bishops despite the objections of about 1333 clergy, whose main concerns seemed to be based less on ideology and more on job security.
Is the pope planning visit to cradle of Protestantism? - Is Pope Benedict planning a visit to a cradle of Protestantism? Should a Catholic pontiff tour the medieval castle where Martin Luther translated the Bible into German at the start of the Reformation? It?s far too early to get confirmations or denials from the Vatican or the German government, since the visit ? still only in the rumor stage ? is not due until the spring of 2009. But a local newspaper in the eastern state of Thuringia, where the Wartburg is located, says security planning has already begun.
Pope Expresses Worry about Climate Change - A Las Vegas man who devised a calendar that features shirtless Mormon missionaries is facing a disciplinary hearing and possible excommunication because of the project.
Framework for Anglicans to Come Home? - "The really good news, from the Catholic point of view, is that Rome and the two flying bishops seem to have agreed on the bare outline of a deal between Romeward-bound Anglicans and the Vatican."
Telling lies to Anglo-Catholics - Roman Catholic liberals and their Anglican allies are directing a campaign of propaganda at Anglo-Catholics, telling them that "Rome" does not want them to convert en masse following the vote for women bishops. This is a lie.
Pope: Other denominations not true churches - Pope Benedict XVI has reasserted the universal primacy of the Roman Catholic Church, approving a document released Tuesday that says Orthodox churches were defective and that other Christian denominations were not true churches.
Methodist Conference votes to review position on abortion - A major report on abortion, assisted reproductive technologies and stem cell research has been received by the Methodist Conference. The report, Created in God?s Image, also discusses embryo screening and egg and sperm donation. The report was jointly produced by the Methodist Church, the Baptist Union of Great Britain and the United Reformed Church.
