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"Pentecost Sunday celebrated"

The Roman Catholic Church in Bermuda celebrated Pentecost Sunday with a special confirmation service led by Bishop Robert Kurtz at St Theresa’s Cathedral. According to Essie Hans, Director of Religious Education for the Diocese in Bermuda: “Based on ...
Jun 01, 2013
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"Dill consecrated as new Bishop of Bermuda"

Bermuda last night welcomed its newest Bishop as Nicholas Dill was consecrated in a ceremony at the Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity. Rt Rev Dill, who has served as the priest in charge of Pembroke Parish since 2005, was born in Bermuda and is the ...
May 30, 2013
Letters to the Editor

"Church has moral influence over practices of the State"

May 28, 2013 Dear Sir, In my letter of May 17, I pointed out that public figures in Bermuda have recently made statements consistent with secular liberalism, a political subcategory distinct from both secularism and liberalism, readily characterised ...
May 30, 2013
Other

"Haywards disown AME committee statement"

A statement purporting to be the AME Church’s official position on Government’s proposal to prohibit sexual orientation discrimination was not issued by Rev Gilbert Hayward and his wife Joyce Hayward. Rev Gilbert Hayward admonished The Royal Gazette ...
May 30, 2013
Other

"AME Church undecided on gay rights"

The African Methodist Episcopal Church has yet to hammer out a unified position on a proposal to outlaw discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation. Signs of division emerged with a statement purporting to be the church’s official position on...
May 29, 2013
Religion

"Dill feels humbled ahead of ordination"

By Sara Westhead In just a few days, Bermuda will ordain its youngest Bishop ever in the Anglican Church, Rev Nicholas Dill. But in advance of this momentous occasion, Rev Dill shared with his hopes and fears as he moves into this new stage of his mi...
May 25, 2013
Letters to the Editor

"Secularism is as old as time"

May 22, 2013 Dear Sir, I hope you will allow me the opportunity to reply to ‘Genesius of Bermuda’, whose letter published on May 20 made reference to myself and my argument for a separation of Church and State. Secularism is not a uniquely American ...
May 23, 2013
Letters to the Editor

"Division must not be allowed to destroy our land"

May 21, 2013 Dear Sir, My heart ached as I read the May 21 article by AME Pastor Nicholas Tweed ‘Don’t Use the Bible in that Way’. My feelings of pain were not so much about of the content of his letter, but rather about the shameful revelation that ...
May 22, 2013
Other

"AME pastor: Don’t use the Bible in that way"

A leading pastor of the African Methodist Episcopal church has condemned the use of the Bible to justify discrimination. Rev Nicholas Tweed, pastor of the St Paul AME Church on Court Street, told his congregation in a sermon on Sunday morning that it...
May 21, 2013
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