Gospel calls for solidarity with the oppressed, says WCC leader; Tutu appeals to Sudan and South Sudan over violence; Global Christian leaders denounce attack on Sudan Presbyterian Church; Archbishop of Sudan appeals for peace; N.H. Episcopalians may elect 2nd gay bishop; A Catholic ‘war on women’; Russian patriarch calls priests who opposed prayer service ‘traitors’; Canada: Anglican Provinces may be streamlined
Gospel calls for solidarity with the oppressed, says WCC leader
ENI – The Rev. Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), on 26 April called for solidarity from churches with those “groaning” under pain, suffering and oppression, in an address to the National Council of Churches in India (NCCI).
http://www.eni.ch/featured/article.php?id=5628
Tutu appeals to Sudan and South Sudan over violence
Christian Today – Archbishop Desmond Tutu has expressed his dismay over the disintegration of peace between Sudan and South Sudan
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/tutu.appeals.to.sudan.and.south.sudan.over.violence/29770.htm
Global Christian leaders denounce attack on Sudan Presbyterian Church
ENI – Global Christian leaders are condemning the destruction on 21 April of the Sudan Evangelical Presbyterian Church Bible School in Khartoum, an incident that occurred amidst escalating hostilities between Sudan and South Sudan.
http://www.eni.ch/featured/article.php?id=5626
Archbishop of Sudan appeals for peace
Episcopal Cafe – Archbishop Daniel Deng Bul Yak, Primate of the Episcopal Church of Sudan, is appealing for peace as the Sudanese army marches into South Sudan
http://www.episcopalcafe.com/lead/war_and_peace/archbishop_of_sudan_appeals_fo.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+episcopalcafe+%28Episcopal+Cafe%29
N.H. Episcopalians may elect 2nd gay bishop
Nine years after electing the first openly gay bishop in the history of their church, causing a rift in the worldwide Anglican Communion that remains unrepaired, New Hampshire Episcopalians may choose a second gay man as their leader.
The Rev. William W. Rich, a senior associate rector at Trinity Church in Boston and a married gay man, is one of three priests nominated by a Diocese of New Hampshire search committee to succeed Bishop V. Gene Robinson, who is retiring.
http://articles.boston.com/2012-04-30/news/31500748_1_new-hampshire-episcopalians-gay-bishop-assistant-bishop
A Catholic ‘war on women’
Washington Post – Jesus would be rolling over in his grave if he hadn’t already left it. The pope is taking on the nuns.
The Roman Catholic Church is a hierarchical institution if there ever was one. Nobody does anything without consulting a superior. Eventually, that would lead to His Holiness. And this time he has gone too far.
When Vatican bishops issued a report condemning nuns, including the tens of thousands represented by their superiors in the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, for “radical feminism” and ordered disciplinary action, all hell broke loose.
This must be heartbreaking for the many great priests and nuns and good Catholics everywhere to watch. I think of someone like Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, one of the most honorable people I’ve ever met.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/on-faith/post/the-vatican-vs-the-nuns-what-would-jesus-say/2012/04/24/gIQA7WzkeT_blog.html
Russian patriarch calls priests who opposed prayer service ‘traitors’ ENI – Patriarch Kirill I called clergy who opposed the holding of mass prayer meeting held in Moscow on 22 April “traitors in cassocks,” in a sign of continuing division within the Russian Orthodox Church over political and social issues.
http://www.eni.ch/featured/article.php?id=5622
Canada: Anglican Provinces may be streamlined
ACNS – The lean-and-mean sort of downsizing that has marked corporate Canada of late may be poised to affect the ecclesiastical province of Canada – reducing the number of its dioceses so it can carry out God’s mission more efficiently.
http://www.aco.org/acns/digest/index.cfm/2012/4/23/Canada-Anglican-Provinces-may-be-streamlined