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April 18 2005
LONDON: Dr Williams: 'Let children play'
He described how, during his time in South Wales, arrangements to allow women to work at weekends were opposed by community organisations, who stressed that weekends were a time when families did things together. "There was a deeply unscrupulous element in that particular case of making the family market-friendly."
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April 17 2005
CONNECTICUT: Bishop Reaches Out to Six "Abandoned" Episcopal Priests
Waves of indignations followed the consecration of gay bishop in many episcopical congregations. The Connecticut parishes began withholding their contribution to the diocese which is about 12.5 percent of their revenue.
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April 16 2005
AAC to ACC: Deny ECUSA's Request to attend. If not we will attend.
As with the House of Bishops' March 2005 Covenant Statement, the Executive Council has professed compliance to the Primates while dictating their own terms: "In the spirit of the Covenant Statement recently adopted by our House of Bishops, we voluntarily withdraw our members from official participation in the ACC as it meets in Nottingham.
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April 16 2005
BISHOP HERZOG TO BISHOP SMITH: "This is Capital Punishment"
In the world of occupations, this is capital punishment. It takes away a priest's job, removes him from the pension fund and insurance, and puts him out on the street. Naturally it will probably lead to more splintering, new churches and a continuing weakening of our communion. What kind of a culture and climate is this creating?
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April 15 2005
SEVENTEEN ORTHODOX BISHOPS CONDEMN CONNECTICUT BISHOP
The clergy and people of the six parishes now in sustained conflict with you are in full communion with us. They preach and teach what the Anglican Communion preaches and teaches. They preach and teach what we preach and teach. It would be impossible for us to recognize any inhibition or deposition imposed upon them.
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April 15 2005
ECUSA is all smoke and mirrors says Network Moderator
The response to the Primates is a technical yes and an actual no. The response is extremely disappointing. It is also, of course, dishonest in any coherent moral analysis.
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April 14 2005
CONNECTICUT: Bristol church may leave over gay bishop
The conflict has simmered since 2003, when Smith was among the bishops who voted to confirm the Rev. V. Gene Robinson of New Hampshire to be the church's first openly gay bishop. Though homosexuality is accepted by many Episcopalians, the church has not officially permitted the ordination of non-celibate gays and lesbians or the blessing of gay unions.
All six priests now under threat openly disagreed with Smith on the issue and asked him to name another bishop to minister to them.
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April 14 2005
ECUSA: "We will withdraw our members in June"
We are acutely aware that we meet in a time of great distress and need in the wider world. War, famine and disease stalk the earth. We express our passionate commitment to the mission of the church and especially to the United Nations Millennium Development Goals endorsed by our General Convention.
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April 14 2005
CONNECTICUT: Six Rectors to Receive out of State Support
Bishop Smith supports theological innovations regarding human sexuality embraced by the 2003 General Convention of the Episcopal Church that are contrary to Scripture, to the traditional teaching of Anglicanism, and to positions firmly supported by the leadership of the Anglican Church comprising over 70 million members worldwide.
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April 12 2005
WALES: Archbishop Launches Attack on Anglican Church
Morgan accused the Church members of being unable to hold a civilised debate among themselves and gave a stark warning to the Church not to be drawn into a "theological rant" or to throw "verbal grenades" at one another.
It is thought that much of the speech came as a lead up to the meeting
of the Anglican Consultative Council in two months time when the issue
of sexuality in the Church will be examined.
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