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Anglicans allege ‘intimidation’ in attempt to name defendants
- Virginia Anglicans who split from the Episcopal Church last year are accusing their former diocese of “intimidation,” after the diocese moved to specifically name dozens of its former congregants in a land lawsuit.
Church in McLean plans $7.5 million expansion
- A McLean church will break ground Sunday on a $7.5 million expansion that will greatly increase its size and capacity in the hopes of attracting new worshippers in the area’s expected population boom.
- A McLean church will break ground Sunday on a $7.5 million expansion that will greatly increase its size and capacity in the hopes of attracting new worshippers in the area’s expected population boom.
Controversial bishop appointment set for Saturday
- The Rev. Martyn Minns, a former Episcopal rector who helped lead a handful of local congregations in a split from the national church, will be appointed leader of a missionary group on Saturday despite protest from the nation’s top Episcopal official.
Church leaders honor publisher of Baltimore Catechism
- Catholic religious education came of age right here in Baltimore in 1885.
Judiasm meets Christianity: Notre Dame holds seder
- Shortly before sundown Monday, Sister Mary Roy Weiss, director of campus ministry at Baltimore’s College of Notre Dame, greeted more than 50 students, staff, faculty, friends and family — Christian and Jewish — in the school’s Doyle Formal Lounge and briefly spoke of the connection between seder and Catholic Mass.
- Shortly before sundown Monday, Sister Mary Roy Weiss, director of campus ministry at Baltimore’s College of Notre Dame, greeted more than 50 students, staff, faculty, friends and family — Christian and Jewish — in the school’s Doyle Formal Lounge and briefly spoke of the connection between seder and Catholic Mass.
Palm Sunday services, events planned in the region
- As Palm Sunday approaches, marking the beginning of one of the holiest weeks of the year for Christians around the world, churches throughout Virginia, Maryland and the District are preparing an array of services and ceremonies to commemorate Jesus' entrance into Jerusalem before the Passion.
Jewish women exploring options
- Rabbis should convene and post-nuptial agreements explore in the wake of a failed bill designed to free women from Jewish marriages, a victim advocate said.
Senate rejects Orthodox Jewish divorce legislation
- Concerns about the state intruding into a religious matter led the Senate to reject a bill Friday that would have required Orthodox Jewish men to grant their wives a religious divorce if they were seeking a civil divorce.
Catholics at the top are mixed blessing for Church
- The governor, the lieutenant governor and the presiding officers of the House and Senate are all Catholic, but that is a mixed blessing for the Catholic Church and the issues it lobbies for in Annapolis.
Catholic communion controversy won’t go away
- To be, or not to be — literal-minded: That’s the question.
Diocese to decide bishop’s successor this week
- The Episcopal Diocese of Virginia will decide this week who will succeed Bishop Peter Lee, choosing among five candidates to steer the religious body in the aftermath of a high-profile church split late last year.
Episcopal Diocese of Virginia vows to reclaim land
- The Episcopal Diocese of Virginia vowed to reclaim the church properties of 11 conservative Northern Virginia congregations that have severed ties with the religious body, a decision further galvanizing each side and dimming hope of a resolution outside of a courtroom.
- The Episcopal Diocese of Virginia vowed to reclaim the church properties of 11 conservative Northern Virginia congregations that have severed ties with the religious body, a decision further galvanizing each side and dimming hope of a resolution outside of a courtroom.
Scientists and evangelicals unite in effort to save environment
- Traditionally at war over the teaching of Earth’s creation, scientists and evangelicals found common ground in their stance on protecting the environment.
