Filipino Devotees Honor Jesus Statue, By HRVOJE HRANJSKI, Associated Press Writer, Full story here, January 9, 2007 Here is an extract: “MANILA, Philippines – Tens of thousands (of) barefoot Filipino Catholic devotees jostled for a chance to touch a black statue of Jesus in an annual procession Wednesday, seeking blessings or forgiveness for their sins.  [...]

Posted on January 10th, 2008 by Shayne
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There is an article on the Religious Intelligence site  “Double standards’ over gays”  Tuesday, 8th January 2008. 5:39pm, By: George Conger Which reports: “The Church of England is not being honest about the issue of homosexuality, US Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has told the BBC Radio 4’s PM programme. The failure of other Anglican [...]

Posted on January 9th, 2008 by Shayne
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I don’t mind what sort of comments people send – as long as it’s not spam. A suggestion some may like to consider. Please save your time and don’t send anti-Christian material – I’ll just delete it  Before my conversion I looked at most other frameworks of structured human thought/philosophy (inc. zen & humanism). At [...]

Posted on January 8th, 2008 by Shayne
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A conservative group of anglican archbishops, bishops and others, are organising a Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON) to be held in the Holy Land in June 2008. I guess the main outcome would be a road-map for conservative Anglicans, post the pending split in the Anglican Communion.  [Perhaps, regarding the schism - it's more accurate to say while we wait [...]

Posted on January 8th, 2008 by Shayne
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