News Updates

News Updates

7/17/2009

• 'Defense of Marriage' Concern Will Get Further Review

  During the final business session of General Convention on July 17, the House of Bishops turned back Resolution C023: Same-Sex Unions—Defense of Marriage Statutes, voting to refer the resolution to a standing committee of The Episcopal Church in the final legislative act at the Anaheim Convention Center.

  Posted on July 17, 2009

  No Comments

• Bishops Defeat Resolution on Mideast Violence

  The House of Bishops of General Convention has rejected a resolution that condemns violence in the Middle East after opponents criticized its language for being unbalanced, anti-Israel and un-Anglican.

  Posted on July 17, 2009

  1 Comment

• Equal Access Resolution Rejected in House of Deputies

  General Convention’s House of Deputies declined to concur with the House of Bishops on an amended version of Resolution C061, which states that all baptized persons have equal access to the discernment process of this church. The action took place on Friday at the Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, Calif.

  Posted on July 17, 2009

  No Comments

• Rule on Consent to Bishops' Elections Changed

  Pleased with the efficiency with which the House of Deputies was able to dispatch with resolutions submitted by the Standing Commission on Prayer Book, Liturgy and Music, the House of Deputies of General Convention voted on Friday afternoon to suspend the rules of order to permit all committees to give their reports at once.

  Posted on July 17, 2009

  No Comments

• Additional Commemorations Accepted

  General Convention's House of Deputies suspended rules of order permitting the Standing Commision on Prayer Book, Liturgy and Church Music to submit all resolutions for consideration as a single block during the final afternoon session July 17 in Anaheim, Calif. The special rule was proposed after discussion over a handful of resolutions had already been engaged.

  Posted on July 17, 2009

  No Comments

• Letter to Archbishop of Canterbury Defends D025 Adoption

  In a letter dated July 16 and hand-delivered to Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, the Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori, Presiding Bishop, and Bonnie Anderson, president of the House of Deputies, sought to explain the significance of the passage of Resolution D025 by the General Convention.

  Posted on July 17, 2009

  2 Comments

• Ouster of Honduran President Supported

  In a late session of General Convention on Friday, the House of Bishops beat back a push to gut a resolution calling for The Episcopal Church to back the people of Honduras in the face of sanctions leveled by the Organization of American States (OAS) in the wake of the ouster of President Mel Zelaya.

  Posted on July 17, 2009

  No Comments

• Deputies Approve Same-Sex Blessings Resolution

  Thirty speakers used just about every adjective imaginable to describe Resolution C056 at General Convention July 17 during an hour of debate on the resolution which is widely seen as authorizing the beginning of the process of developing a formal liturgy for same-sex marriage.

  Posted on July 17, 2009

  No Comments

• Bishops Say No to Adding List of Matriarchs

  The House of Bishops has rejected a resolution calling for the inclusion of a list of matriarchs of Israel for use in a trial revision of Eucharist Prayer C of Rite II of the Book of Common Prayer.

  Posted on July 17, 2009

  No Comments

• Roll Call Votes on Key Issues

  Resolutions D025 and C056 sparked three roll call votes during the House of Bishops' sessions of the 76th General Convention in Anaheim, Calif.

  Posted on July 17, 2009

  No Comments

• Previous articles