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October 13 2005 By virtueonline NEW YORK: Presiding Bishop thanks Senator John McCain

Speaking on the Senate floor last week in support of his amendment, Senator McCain said, "The intelligence we collect must be reliable and acquired humanely, under clear standards understood by all our fighting men and women. To do differently would not only offend our values as Americans, but undermine our war effort because abuse of prisoners harms - not helps - us in the war on terror."

October 13 2005 By virtueonline BEAUFORT, SC: Orthodox parish sends 30 parishioners to MS to help Episcopalians

All of God's creatures, except for the devastated human survivors, were gone. "The only sound you could hear was a chain saw now and then in the distance," said Eric Gnau. "Nothing was alive - not a bird, not a bug, not a snake."

A 34-foot storm surge from Category 4 Katrina smashed into this town on Aug. 29. For nearly a mile, buildings were splintered, broken into maybe eight-foot pieces at a maximum and piled north of the railroad tracks that run parallel to the ocean.

October 13 2005 By virtueonline SYDNEY: Church in 'crisis' on gays. Constitutional change sought

Section six of the constitution says unity depends on the Australian church being satisfied that its English counterpart is complying with biblical teaching.

Sydney Archbishop Peter Jensen's view that the Bible forbids same-sex unions is well known, but this motion is the first step towards a split.

October 13 2005 By virtueonline Reform Ireland Statement on Nigeria and Realignment

With the Church of England drifting inexorably towards official acceptance of homosexual lifestyles, (as evidenced recently by the House of Bishops' Pastoral Letter regarding civil partnerships), the Church of Nigeria has correctly identified that interrelationships between Anglican churches and between Anglican Provinces ought always to be shaped by the Gospel.

October 12 2005 By virtueonline ENGLAND: Churches near last rites, says Carey

In a lecture in a Buckinghamshire church, Dr Carey expressed his exasperation that his efforts to revive the Church of England in the 1990s had been frustrated by lack of support from the clergy.

He delivered a warning to his successor, Dr Rowan Williams, that his initiatives could meet a similar fate.

However, the former archbishop argued, however, that it was still possible to turn the tide if the Church did not "throw up its hands in despair"

October 12 2005 By virtueonline SYDNEY: Anglicans lay down law

The standards would now include habitual drunkenness, serious financial impropriety, unchastity, or conviction of a criminal offence carrying a sentence of 12 months or more, Mr Gerber said.

The discipline ordinance agreed to last night concides with Archbishop Peter Jensen's anxiety over the the Howard Government workplace reforms.

October 11 2005 By virtueonline WILLIAMS: Subdue the earth is not license to exploit it

This is understandable in many ways. But there is much more to be said; and some of it is said in Genesis, some in this morning's reading from the Gospel. First of all, let's look at the rest of what our story from Genesis tells us. It says that human beings are made in God's image; and it tells us that God looked on the whole of what he had made and saw that it was good. Human beings are made in God's image.

October 11 2005 By virtueonline NEVADA: U.S. Episcopal leader says church must be inclusive

The event coincided with the 100th anniversary of St. Paul's.

In his sermon, Griswold cited Christ's analogy of the kingdom of heaven being like a wedding banquet, a feast reserved not for the chosen but for all people.

"And so the door to the banquet hall is flung wide and all sorts of riffraff, troublesome to us but close to the heart of God, are ushered in and given a place at the table," Griswold said.

October 10 2005 By virtueonline ENGLAND: Postbag of hate for a black archbishop

Sentamu admitted he sometimes stared at people and wondered if it was they who were "writing these terrible, terrible letters". Then he smiled and added: "But I wake up every morning and I am breathing and I say, 'It's a good day; it's going to be okay'."

October 10 2005 By virtueonline ARKANSAS: Congregation backs blessing of gay couples

These commitment ceremonies are not marriages but rather recognitions and blessings of the relationships, said Lowell Grisham, St. Paul¹s rector, or senior pastor. Same-sex marriage is prohibited by a state constitutional amendment approved by voters in November 2004.

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