'Brinkmanship' on the Hill criticised
RELIGIOUS leaders in the United States have denounced the
"political brinkmanship" that prevails in Congress. A letter signed
by 33 signatories was published on the eve of the shut-down of the
federal government on Tuesday, an event precipitated by the
parties' refusal to agree a budget. The letter accuses politicians
of holding "our governance processes and financial credibility
hostage to narrow priorities".
Vatican commission meets
A COMMISSION of eight Cardinals, appointed to advise Pope
Francis on the reform of the Curia and governance of the Roman
Catholic Church, met for the first time on Tuesday. It is headed by
Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga, of Honduras. On Tuesday, the
Vatican Bank published its annual report for the first time,
showing an increase in net profit from €20.3 million in 2011 to
€86.6 million.
Woman priest ordained in serving Bahrain
THE only woman priest serving in the Middle East was ordained
last Friday, in Bahrain. The Revd Jo Henderson, from the UK, was
ordained by the Bishop of Cyprus and the Gulf, the Rt Revd Michael
Lewis, at St Christopher's Cathedral, in Manama, the capital of
Bahrain. The second female priest to be ordained in the Gulf, she
will be serve as an assistant chaplain at St Andrew's, Abu Dhabi,
where she has been a Reader for five years.
Correction: our story "Sudan bishop to lobby
against LRA" (News, 27 September)
omitted to acknowledge that the source of much of the material,
including the photograph, was the Revd Jesse Zink, writing for the
Anglican Communion News Service.