News Updates

News Updates

7/21/2003

• Going Back to Minneapolis

  Divisive issue once again marks General Convention in the city.

  Posted on July 21, 2003

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• He's Been Liberated

  Recently released after spending most of his adult life in prison, writer Bo Don Cox talks about faith, freedom, and his ambitions for the future. By Steve Waring

  Posted on July 21, 2003

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• This Time It's Different

  Depending on your theological perspective, the 74th General Convention, soon to open in Minneapolis for a 10-day run, is either the most anticipated gathering of Episcopalians in many years, or a dreaded final chapter to a long struggle. By David Kalvelage

  Posted on July 21, 2003

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• Dallas Priest Elected in Kansas

  The Rev. Dean E. Wolfe, 47, vice rector of the Church of St. Michael and All Angels in Dallas since 1997, was elected Bishop Coadjutor of Kansas on July 12.

  Posted on July 21, 2003

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• New Hampshire Presents Its Case for Bishop-Elect

  The Diocese of New Hampshire distributed an informational packet in mid-July to diocesan bishops and General Convention deputies who are meeting now and as part of their legislative responsibilities must decide whether to give consent to the consecration of the first non-celibate homosexual bishop in the Anglican Communion.

  Posted on July 21, 2003

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• Canon John Withdraws His Name

  Citing the potential damage his consecration might cause to the unity of the Anglican Communion, the Rev. Canon Jeffrey John ended weeks of increasingly polarized international debate about the appointment of the first openly gay bishop within the Church of England by petitioning Queen Elizabeth II to withdraw his nomination as Bishop Suffragan of Reading on July 6.

  Posted on July 21, 2003

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• Another Canadian Parish Joins ACINW

  In the first significant change to the status quo in more than a year, Church of the Holy Cross in Vancouver, B.C., became the ninth parish in the Canadian Diocese of New Westminster to declare itself “out of communion” with its bishop, the Rt. Rev. Michael Ingham, and synod, the chief legislative body of the diocesan corporation.

  Posted on July 21, 2003

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• Archbishop Williams Laments Poor Communication

  The homosexual priest who was appointed Bishop Suffragan of Reading and subsequently refused the appointment [TLC, July 27] did not attend the Church of England’s General Synod July 11-15 at York University, nor was he specifically mentioned by name. But the internal divisions caused by the incident were lessened only somewhat by an eloquent plea for unity from the Archbishop of Canterbury.

  Posted on July 21, 2003

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