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Bishop Ashley Null Worships with Pope Leo in Algeria

1+ hour, 56+ min ago  (476+ words) The Rt. Rev. Dr. Ashley Null, a leading scholar on the life and teachings of Thomas Cranmer, was an invited guest when Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass in Algeria April 14. Pope Leo celebrated the Mass on his second day in…...

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All In: Immersive Worship for Everybody

7+ hour, 6+ min ago  (406+ words) People who can't read sometimes hold hymnals upside down. It's an imitation of what they see others doing. They have learned that worship is about books, words, and ideas. But for these brothers and sisters there is a wall. That…...

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Australian Bishop Ordered to Resign

1+ day, 23+ hour ago  (453+ words) The Rt. Rev. Keith Dalby, bishop of The Murray diocese in South Australia, has been suspended since February 2024, after the truth about his relationship with the Reverend Alison Dutton emerged in their diocese and the local press. From March 2023 until…...

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Resurrection and the Politics of Creaturely Life

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (553+ words) She did not mistake in taking Him for a gardener; though she might seem to err in some sense, yet in some other she was in the right. For in a sense, and a good sense, Christ may well be…...

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The Creed & The Life of The World to Come

9+ mon, 4+ week ago  (365+ words) Editor's Note: This essay concludes our series celebrating the 1, 700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea. For most Christians today, however, this vision of God's kingdom come to earth in the end raises a problematic question. If this place John sees…...

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Joy Through the Valleys'Learning with Mary in the Joyful Mysteries

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1306+ words) While this pattern of prayer is not widely familiar to Anglicans and certainly more native to the Roman Catholic ascetical and devotional tradition, I'd like to suggest it resonates deeply with Anglican instincts: lingering with Scripture, contemplating the mysteries of…...

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But God Raised Him (Easter Day, Year A)

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (242+ words) St Peter's Pentecostal Sermon | Fr. Lawrence Lew, OP/Flickr As humans, we first understand the gospel in various ways. Perhaps as with the Roman centurion, Cornelius, our tentative search for truth and God was intersected by his search for us....

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Mexico Elects First Female Primate

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (645+ words) The Rt. Rev. Alba Sally Sue Hern'ndez Garcia, Bishop of Mexico [City] was elected March 21 as the first female primate of the Iglesia Anglicana de Mexico, the Anglican Church of Mexico. Already a pioneer, as the church's first and only…...

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A Warm Welcome from Latin America for Archbishop Mullally

1+ mon, 2+ hour ago  (461+ words) Across many dioceses in Latin America the news of Sarah Mullaly's appointment as Archbishop of Canterbury has been met with enthusiasm. From Cuba through Mexico, Central America, Brazil, Colombia, and Ecuador, lay people and clergy from the various Anglican communities…...

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The "Transitional" Diaconate Is Not a Thing

1+ mon, 7+ hour ago  (348+ words) What should we make of the persistent use of the terms transitional deacon or transitional diaconate? I know what these words mean, and I understand the distinction between deacons who are preparing for ordination to the priesthood and deacons who…...