Lionel Deimel’s Web Log

The 113th annual convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas held this past weekend did not make much news. Episcopal News Service covered...

I woke up this morning to learn that the Vatican announced today that it will allow Anglicans to join the Roman Catholic Church while mainta...

Episcopal News Service (ENS) recently reported that the former Bishop of Quincy, Keith Ackerman, wrote the Presiding Bishop to say that he ...

The first time I got involved in trying to influence legislation being brought before the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh’s convention was i...

I understand that some readers in Pittsburgh were none to pleased by my post on how the Standing Committee of the Diocese of Pittsburgh is t...

Searching through the constitution & canons of The Episcopal Church sometimes leads to interesting discoveries. Today, I ran into Canon...

Loose ends from the October 4, 2008, split in the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh are gradually being tied up. A judge recently declared th...

In light of the recent offer of the Standing Committee of the Diocese of Pittsburgh made to departed priests and deacons—“inactive” clergy ...

Today, the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh issued a statement intended to clarify the status of parish property in the wake of Tuesday’s de...

The Hon. Joseph M. James, judge of the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas made a significant ruling today in the so-called Calvary lawsu...

The liturgical calendar of the Book of Common Prayer lists Francis of Assisi on October 4. Tomorrow, my church will celebrate the life of F...

It was with considerable dismay that I learned about the South Carolina Supreme Court decision in All Saints v. Campbell , the property disp...

This is another of a series of posts on the proposed Anglican covenant. Earlier posts include “ No Anglican Covenant ” and “ Why No Anglican...

I have been preparing a blog post on the recent Supreme Court ruling in South Carolina ( All Saints v. Campbell ). I discovered this morning...

Mary Travers, the “Mary” of Peter, Paul & Mary, died Wednesday from complications of treatment for leukemia. She was 72. When I heard th...

We are surrounded by media of all sorts, and our artificial creations sometimes play tricks on us, momentarily confusing us about what is re...