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October 20 - Pope Benedict XVI has approved a structure for admitting large groups of Anglicans wishing to come into communion with the Catholic Church
Article:Ecumenical; Movement - Misc.
In a
Vatican press conference today,
Cardinal William Levada, prefect of the
Congregation for the Doctrine of the
Faith, announced that an Apostolic Constitution has
been prepared in response to "many requests"
from groups of
Anglican clergy and faithful wanting to
enter into full communion with the
Church.
The
Apostolic Constitution, which
Cardinal Levada said "provides a reasonable and even
necessary response to a world-wide
phenomenon", will be a "single canonical
model for the universal Church which is
adaptable to various local
situations and equitable to former Anglicans
in its universal application."
The
new canonical structure
will allow former
Anglicans to enter into full
communion with the Church while "preserving
elements of distinctive Anglican
spiritual patrimony," said Cardinal
Levada. He added:
"The provision of this new structure is
consistent with the commitment to
ecumenical dialogue which continues to be a
priority for the Catholic
Church, particularly through the efforts of
the Pontifical Council for
Promotion of Christian Unity."
One
large group of
breakaway Anglicans
which has been requesting a formal
structure to be corporately received into
the Catholic Church has been the
Traditional Anglican Communion, made up of
an estimated 400,000 members
worldwide.
Cardinal Levada explained that this
initiative "has come from a number of
different groups of Anglicans." He
went on to say: "They
have declared that
they share the common Catholic faith as it
is expressed in the Catechism of
the Catholic Church and accept
the Petrine ministry as
something Christ willed for the Church. For
them the time has
come to express this implicit unity in the
visible form of full communion."
He
said there has been
a "tremendous shift"
in the ecumenical movement and
"these possibilities weren't seen as they
are now". He
rejected accusations that the new Anglicans
be described as dissenters.
"Rather they are assenting to the
movement
of the Holy Spirit to be in union with
Peter, with the Catholic
Church,"
he said.
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October 20 - Study: H1N1 vaccine too late to help most
Article: Signs Of The Last Times
The
H1N1 vaccine will arrive too late to help
most Americans who will be
infected during this flu season,
according to a study conducted by
scholars at Purdue University.
The study also estimates
that the virus - commonly referred to as the
swine flu bug -
will infect
about 60 percent of the U.S.
population, although only about
25 percent of Americans will
fall ill.
"The model predicts that
there will
be a significant wave in autumn,
with 63% of the population being infected,
and that this wave will peak so
early that the planned
[U.S. Centers for Disease
Control
and Prevention] vaccination campaign will
likely not have a large effect on
the total number of people ultimately
infected by the pandemic H1N1
influenza virus," the authors wrote in
their study.
"The model predicts that
the peak wave of
infection will occur near the end of
October in week 42, with 8% of the
population being infected during that
week. By the end of 2009, the model predicts
that a total of 63% of the
population will have been
infected," the authors wrote in a
conclusion that ignored the effects of a CDC
vaccination program.
But even "when the model
was modified to include the effect of the
planned vaccination scheme,"
that adjustment
yielded only "a relative reduction of
about 6% in the total number of people
infected" by the end of the year
2009.
"Based on our study alone
it would be bad to discourage people from
getting the vaccine,
because what if our
study is
wrong,"
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October 19 - S.C. Diocese Rules Out Cutting Ties with Episcopal Church
Artilce: Perilous Times
A fifth
Episcopal diocese is considering
whether to withdraw from the national church
over "a
multitude of false teachings,"
including its liberal direction on
homosexuality. The Diocese of South
Carolina will hold a special
convention this weekend to vote on five
proposed resolutions that will
determine their next steps.
Diocese officials called for a special
convention in response to The
Episcopal Church's controversial actions in
July,
which included the
approval of a resolution that declares the
denomination's ordination process
open to all individuals, including
practicing homosexuals.
But
human sexuality is only one of
many concerns the diocese has.
The Trinity, the uniqueness of Christ,
scriptural authority,
baptismal theology, and constitutions
and canons
are being subjugated to a
"new"
gospel.
"We face a
multitude of false teachings, which like an
intrusive vine, is threatening
The Episcopal Church as we have inherited
and received it from our
ancestors," Lawrence stated.
"I have
called this the false Gospel of
Indiscriminate Inclusivity because I see a
common pattern in how the core doctrines of
our faith are being
systematically deconstructed."
The diocesan bishop made
clear that it is not The Episcopal Church
that is the problem, but rather
"it is those who
have cloaked it with so many strands
of false doctrine."
"I'm becoming a
rare commodity I guess - an orthodox bishop
within the church who is willing
to risk," he said. "Now
that heterodoxy is the dominant 'orthodoxy'
of The Episcopal Church, it is those who
believe like me who must challenge an
unthinking conformity. How long we can
do this - well that's the open
question."
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October 21 - Anglican Leaders Welcome Vatican Move; Raise Questions
Article: Ecumenical Movement - Misc.
Anglican leaders across the
global communion welcomed the Catholic Church's
historic decision to allow disaffected
Anglicans into their fold. "We
rejoice that the Holy
See has opened this doorway,
which represents another step in the growing
cooperation and relationship
between our Churches," commented
the Most Rev. Robert Duncan, bishop
of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh
(Anglican).
The Vatican introduced on
Tuesday a new church
structure that will allow former
Anglicans to enter "full
communion" with the Catholic Church while
preserving their Anglican traditions.
Pope Benedict XVI has made the
provision in response to the numerous
requests he has received from
Anglicans who are unhappy with the
ordination of women and noncelibate gay
bishops.
"Those Anglicans who have
approached the Holy See have made clear
their desire for full, visible unity in the
one, holy, catholic and
apostolic Church. At the
same time, they have told us of
the importance of their Anglican traditions
of spirituality and worship for
their faith journey," noted Cardinal
William Levada, the Vatican's chief
doctrinal official, who announced the
"Apostolic Constitution."
"Rome is reminding Anglicans that our
historic, orthodox faith is more
important than culture and more important
than geography," Minns said
in a statement Tuesday. He urged the
Archbishop of Canterbury to follow suit
and endorse the efforts of the ACNA and
other orthodox groups forming within
the global body, including the Fellowship of
Confessing Anglicans in
England.
While several key
Anglican leaders have expressed their
gratitude and appreciation for the new
provision, the Rt. Rev. Donald Harvey, who
is part of the orthodox ACNA,
still has questions about the "full
significance" of the move. He posed,
"Will people who
accept this invitation have to
subscribe to Roman Catholic dogmas to which
the Anglican Formularies are
diametrically opposed - such as
'Papal Infallibility,' the
'Immaculate Conception' and
Transubstantiation?"
Both the Vatican and the
Archbishop of Canterbury affirmed that they remain
fully committed to continuing ecumenical
dialogue.
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October 23 - Church Of Sweden To Bless Gay Marriages commitment for integral human development
Article: Perilous Times
Delegates of Sweden's
largest church, the Lutheran Church of
Sweden,
approved a plan Thursday to bless gay
marriages, the AFP reported.
Gay marriage became available in Sweden on
May 1 after Lawmakers
overwhelmingly approved a bill in April,
making it the
seventh country to legalize gay
marriage.
A large majority (70%) of
the church's synod, or church board, agreed to allow
gay couples to marry in its congregations
from November 1. Pastors,
however, have the discretion to refuse to
bless a marriage.
The Church of Sweden, which
was the state church until 2000, is the
nation's largest church with 6.8
million members or nearly 75% of
Swedes. While the
church has blessed civil unions for more
than a decade, and supported the
effort to legalize gay marriage, some
clergy wanted to preserve
marriage for heterosexual couples.
The decision comes on the
heels of a
controversial vote by U.S. Lutherans to
accept partnered gay clergy and a nod to
pastors wanting to bless gay unions
and marriages. ELCA, the nation's largest
Lutheran denomination, voted to
adopt the changes in August. Unhappy
conservatives have since announced they
would explore ways to splinter from the
church.
Likewise, conservative
Episcopalians are defecting to more orthodox
denominations over similar gay
issues, including the blessing of gay
marriages. Last week, the Pope said
he would embrace disgruntled Anglicans,
which include Episcopalians, to the
Roman Catholic Church. The Holy Father's
offer includes concessions that
would allow Anglicans to keep some religious
traditions.
The Swedish Federation for
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender
Rights (RFSL), the nation's largest
gay rights advocate,
praised the move by the Lutheran
Church. "[We] congratulate the Church
of Sweden for its decision.
[The Church's] homosexual and bisexual
members will finally be able to feel
a little more welcome within society,"
the group said in a
statement.
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Sincerely, Ron Pierotti
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