By A. S. Haley, Anglican Curmudgeon blog The trial in the case of Episcopal Diocese of San Joaquin vs. Schofield finished in Fresno Superior Court on Monday, with the videotaped testimony of Bishop John-David Schofield played in a courtroom packed with both his admirers and his opponents. (Bishop Schofield passed away at his home last…
By Mary Eberstadt Small wonder, given the harrowing times recently, that news about a long-running property fight over a picturesque church in northern Virginia escaped most people’s notice. But the story of the struggle over the historic Falls Church is nonetheless worth a closer look. It’s one more telling example of a little-acknowledged truth: though religious…
By Sam Jones Justin Portal Welby’s long and unlikely journey from young oil executive to leader of the world’s 77 million Anglicans ended with three slow and echoing taps on the west door of Canterbury Cathedral on Thursday afternoon. The knocking of his pastoral staff was answered with a fanfare – and a self-inflicted inquisition….