The breakup of the Anglican Communion into nationalist churches “whose autonomy is unqualified an... Archbishop Williams: Com

The breakup of the Anglican Communion into nationalist churches “whose autonomy is unqualified and which relate only in some sort of loose and informal federation” is unrealistic, according to the Archbishop of Canterbury, who addressed the Church of England's General Synod July 7.

“I can envisage – though I don't in the least want to see – a situation in which there may be more divisio...

Doctor: Previous sex studies 'shortchanged' women by asking wrong questions Why do a repo... Doctor: Previous sex studies '

Doctor: Previous sex studies 'shortchanged' women by asking wrong questions

Why do a reported 15 million women suffer from low sex drive? Because the word “sex” has become synonymous with intercourse and orgasm. Male sexuality has been the norm in sex research and in popular culture. But clinical sex therapist Dr. Gina Ogden noted that, for many women, intercourse is not wha...

United Methodists celebrate clergywomen at annual gatherings Jul. 7, 2006 News media contac... UMNS# 407-United Methodists cele

United Methodists celebrate clergywomen at annual gatherings

Jul. 7, 2006 News media contact: Linda Green * (615) 7425470* Nashville {407}

NOTE: Information for this story was compiled from annual conference reports, available at http://umns.umc.org. Photographs are available at the same site.

At regional gatherings this year, United Methodists celebrated the 50th anniversary ...

Clergy from across Prince Edward Island are holding a special church service this Sunday that inv... Special service for church

Clergy from across Prince Edward Island are holding a special church service this Sunday that invites the� gay and lesbian community� to join with other parishioners.

Leaders from five Presbyterian, Anglican and United churches organized the service� because they say� many gay and lesbian Islanders don't know which churches will welcome them.

"If this goes well this year, it would ...

United Methodists celebrate clergywomen at annual gatherings Jul. 7, 2006 News media contac... [UMNS-ALL-NEWS] UMNS# 407-United

United Methodists celebrate clergywomen at annual gatherings

Jul. 7, 2006 News media contact: Linda Green * (615) 7425470* Nashville {407}

NOTE: Information for this story was compiled from annual conference reports, available at http://umns.umc.org. Photographs are available at the same site.

At regional gatherings this year, United Methodists celebrated the 50th anniversary ...

Dr. Mart Laar, former prime minister of Estonia, discusses the relevance for the papal encyclical... Acton News & Commentar

Dr. Mart Laar, former prime minister of Estonia, discusses the relevance for the papal encyclical Centesimus Annus for Europe today. “The message of Centesimus Annus is not a message of left or right. It is a universal message of hope. We can see these same ideas in most groups working on the future of Europe. The only problem is in finding political leaders ready to implement them in reality,”...

Davenport-19 year old Jennifer Vinson of Davenport says she spent nearly two months in a cell in ... Kolb Jailmate Talks to Med

Davenport-19 year old Jennifer Vinson of Davenport says she spent nearly two months in a cell in the Rock Island County Jail, next to a young inmate she came to know as Sarah Kolb.

''I was wondering at first why she was in shackles and handcuffs and she said she was the murderer, and I'm like wow, I'm going to be sleeping next to somebody who murdered someone'', sa...

This may not be the first time the Telluride Repertory Theater has performed a musical dealing wi... Dancing Texans and Whores.

This may not be the first time the Telluride Repertory Theater has performed a musical dealing with the more risqué side of sex – 2001’s musical was the alternative-sexuality extravaganza The Rocky Horror Show – but this is the first time it has treated the subject with such down-home country twang.

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas opens officially tonight at 8 p...

Ralph Ginzburg, a taboo-busting editor and publisher who helped set off the sexual revolution in ... Ralph Ginzburg, 76, Publis

Ralph Ginzburg, a taboo-busting editor and publisher who helped set off the sexual revolution in the 1960's with Eros magazine and was imprisoned for sending it through the United States mail in a case decided by the Supreme Court, died yesterday in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. He was 76.

Ralph Ginzburg wore handcuffs outside the federal building in Lewisburg, Pa., in 1972 as he w...

Archbishop of Canterbury: address to General Synod on the Anglican Communion I am glad to h... Archbishop of Canterbury: addres

Archbishop of Canterbury: address to General Synod on the Anglican Communion

I am glad to have the opportunity of offering in these few minutes a very brief update on the current situation in the Anglican Communion, particularly in the light of the recent session of the Episcopal Church's General Convention – which was, of course, attended by my brother Archbishop, who made an outs...