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“Bradlee Dean is a hater, a bigot and a liar; it has nothing to do with the kids…” Oh, my friends, I cannot even begin to tell you about how revealing the sodomites have been about their abominable agenda.

One man whom I know holds that all popes since Pius X were heretics. Whole groups maintain that all popes after Vatican II are heretics, even John Paul II. He invited leaders of other religions to Assisi to pray together, but he failed to evangelize them or insist in uniqueness of Catholicism. At Vatican I, several notable figures did not accept the infallibility doctrine. The Reformation itself mostly declared all popes heretical back to Peter. Pope Paul III excommunicated Henry VIII precisely over the question of the indissolubility of marriage. The Eastern Orthodox have rejected the papal position for centuries....

FRESNO, CA--An Episcopal diocese in California overwhelmingly passed a series of resolutions yesterday that position it to secede from the Episcopal Church and affiliate with conservatives in the global Anglican Communion. If the Diocese of San Joaquin affirms the move in a second vote next year, the small diocese, with 48 parishes and 7,000 members, would be the first to try to break from the Episcopal Church, which has been torn by conflict since the consecration of a gay bishop in 2003. Until now, only individual parishes have severed ties. The vote by the diocese is one more step in...

Letter from the Bishop of New Hampshire, Gene Robinson February 13, 2006,Brothers and Sisters in Christ, I am writing to you from an alcohol treatment center where on February 1, with the encouragement and support of my partner, daughters and colleagues, I checked myself in to deal with my increasing dependence on alcohol. Over the 28 days I will be here, I will be dealing with the disease of alcoholism-which, for years, I have thought of as a failure of will or discipline on my part, rather than a disease over which my particular body simply has no control, except...

The Old Catholic Church An Old Catholic Community Do they call you a cafeteria Catholic? Have you drifted away from the Church over dogma, politics or disagreement over doctrine? Do you disagree with the doctrines on the place of women in the church? Would a truly Apostolic, sacramental and liturgical church that welcomes all, and honors scripture, tradition and the gifts of human reason fulfill your spiritual needs? The Old Catholic Church was founded by the Utrecht Union in 1871. The Old Catholic Bishops were locked out of the first Vatican Counsel when they made it clear that they would...

Baptist church 'fake pope' sign attracting attention, criticism By JEANNINE F. HUNTER, hunter@knews.com April 13, 2005 NEWPORT, Tenn. - Two days after being posted, a church marquee message that questions the purpose of the papacy is still attracting attention in this small community. "What I am trying to do is to let people know there's only one way to heaven through Jesus Christ," said the Rev. Cline Franklin, pastor of Hilltop Baptist Church. "There's no need for help. God sent his son, Jesus Christ. We're all priests if we're saved. I don't need to go to anybody else to pray."...

MALVERN, PA --A husband and wife clergy couple in the Diocese of Pennsylvania practice pagan Wiccan worship with the woman priest affirming a rite called "A Women’s Eucharist" - A Celebration of the Divine Feminine, that can be found on the Episcopal Church's official website. The wiccan-worshipping woman priest is Glyn Lorraine Ruppe Melnyk rector at St. Francis Episcopal Church on Sugartown Road who goes by the Wiccan name "Raven," and her husband Bill Melnyk, rector of St. James in Downingtown, PA goes by the Wiccan names "Bran" and "OakWyse". A source told Virtuosity that he does not wear a...

Disciplinary proceedings begun against Anglican bishop NEWS RELEASE ECCLESIASTICAL PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA AND YUKON -------------------------------------------------------- KELOWNA, B.C., OCTOBER 8 2003 -- Archbishop David Crawley, Metropolitan of the Anglican ecclesiastical province of British Columbia and Yukon, has announced disciplinary proceedings against Yukon Bishop Terry Buckle for actions Bishop Buckle has taken outside his own diocese. The proceedings, which Archbishop Crawley said "will take their proper course," follow actions taken by Bishop Buckle in the Anglican Diocese of New Westminster where several parishes are disaffected by a decision last year of the diocesan synod to bless same-sex unions. Under church law,...

Secret paper reveals Church spin plans to defuse gay crisis By Chris Boffey (Filed: 01/10/2003) The Church of England is trying to spin its way out of the crisis over the issue of homosexuality, according to a document drawn up by one of the Archbishop of Canterbury's closest advisers. Jeremy Harris, Dr Rowan Williams's secretary for public affairs, wrote a three-page memorandum, entitled Notes towards a Handling Strategy on Gay Issues, outlining how the Church could manipulate the media. Mr Harris is a former BBC journalist with great influence at Lambeth Palace. In the "strictly confidential" document, which has been...

DALLAS PRIVATE DETECTIVE CAUGHT IN BOGUS PETITION SCAM Special Report By David W. Virtue DALLAS, TX--Jack Taylor, private detective and a pro-homosexual Episcopal activist in the Diocese of Dallas, has tried to sabotage the upcoming meeting of biblically-orthodox Episcopalians at Christ Church, Plano, in October by trying to stuff bogus petitions using the letterhead of the mainstream American Anglican Council into church bulletins. The petition urged parishioners of Christ Church, Plano, the most attended Episcopal Church in the U.S. with the words "we, the undersigned, reject the actions of the AAC and its absolutist or puritanical statement in refusing to...

<p>Gospel of Inclusion? Its Episcopal disciples leave little room for Scripture.</p> <p>MINNEAPOLIS--This week, the Episcopal Church's triennial Convention was the site of a media frenzy. On Tuesday, church leaders meeting here took the unprecedented step of approving as bishop a practicing homosexual, the Rev. Gene Robinson of New Hampshire. At press time, they seemed poised to give local communities permission to bless same-sex unions.</p>

Bashing Bush by Jennifer King, Managing Editor August 1, 2003 "The Heretical Housewife" The endless barrage of bombast continues. For weeks, months, years even - the tireless whining continues. The media and the Democrats seem to be simply unable to accept and celebrate any good news whatsoever, if the credit will append to President Bush. The recent stunning victory in Iraq? A budding “quagmire” according to the Left. The successful operation against Saddam’s odious offspring? “We should have taken them alive” whined the Dems. Representative Charlie Rangel (D-NY) even went so far as to suggest that it was against United...

STRANGE "DIVERSITIES" (Or, The Episcopal Church Welcomes You) By Lee Penn The Christian Challenge August 1, 2003 STRANGE NEW FORMS OF SPIRITUALITY have gained a oothold within the Episcopal Church in the United States (ECUSA) - the Labyrinth-walking fad, the weird eclectic spirituality practiced at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City, and the "Creation Spirituality" promoted by Matthew Fox, the renegade Dominican whom California Bishop William Swing received as an Episcopal priest in 1994. All these new movements have set up shop in ECUSA with little organized resistance, and with the open support of members...

Same-sex decision proves costly New Westminster faces 'strain'LEANNE LARMONDIN AND SOLANGE DE SANTIS STAFF WRITERSVancouver       Seven parishes have withdrawn financial support from the diocese of New Westminster in the aftermath of its decision this summer to allow the blessing of same-sex unions. An eighth parish might follow , said diocesan financial administrator Mike Wellwood.       The withdrawals are expected to put a financial strain on the diocese, since the eight parishes represent about 18 per cent of its $1.5 million annual income from parish assessments, Mr. Wellwood said.       He said he expected that “administrative staff will do...