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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:34:22 GMT--><rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:rss="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:admin="http://webns.net/mvcb/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:cc="http://web.resource.org/cc/"><rss:channel rdf:about="http://www.anglicanplanet.net/usa/"><rss:title>usa</rss:title><rss:link>http://www.anglicanplanet.net/usa/</rss:link><rss:description></rss:description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><dc:date>2012-02-15T22:34:22Z</dc:date><admin:generatorAgent rdf:resource="http://www.squarespace.com/">Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/)</admin:generatorAgent><rss:items><rdf:Seq><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.anglicanplanet.net/usa/2011/11/14/nigerian-canadian-now-american-bishop.html"/><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.anglicanplanet.net/usa/2011/11/14/southern-discomfort-the-bishop-lawrence-investigation.html"/><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.anglicanplanet.net/usa/2011/11/14/tec-drops-below-two-million-members.html"/><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.anglicanplanet.net/usa/2011/11/14/adult-baptisms-high-in-acna.html"/><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.anglicanplanet.net/usa/2011/11/14/materialism-and-marriage.html"/><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.anglicanplanet.net/usa/2011/6/26/presbyterian-church-usa-accepts-openly-gay-clergy.html"/><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.anglicanplanet.net/usa/2011/5/10/rip-bernard-nathanson-84-abortion-activist-became-prolife-le.html"/><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.anglicanplanet.net/usa/2011/5/9/south-carolina-takes-defensive-stand.html"/><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.anglicanplanet.net/usa/2010/12/10/canadians-consult-with-communion-partners-in-orlando.html"/><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.anglicanplanet.net/usa/2010/11/4/quiz-finds-americans-religious-illiterates.html"/></rdf:Seq></rss:items></rss:channel><rss:item rdf:about="http://www.anglicanplanet.net/usa/2011/11/14/nigerian-canadian-now-american-bishop.html"><rss:title>Nigerian Canadian now American bishop</rss:title><rss:link>http://www.anglicanplanet.net/usa/2011/11/14/nigerian-canadian-now-american-bishop.html</rss:link><dc:creator>TAP</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-11-14T17:43:04Z</dc:date><dc:subject></dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><span><img src="http://www.anglicanplanet.net/storage/05_Felix Orji Cl.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1321292641146" alt="" /></span></span></p>
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<p>A FORMER CANADIAN priest has been consecrated bishop by the Primate of Nigeria. <br />On Sept. 25th, the Rev. Canon Dr. Felix Orji was ordained Suffragan Bishop in the Convocation of Anglicans in North America (CANA) by Archbishop Nicholas Okoh in Lagos, Nigeria. <br />Felix Orji was born in Abia State, Nigeria, but immigrated to Canada in 1990 to study at Regent College and later Vancouver School of Theology. Bishop Orji was ordained in 1996</p>]]></content:encoded></rss:item><rss:item rdf:about="http://www.anglicanplanet.net/usa/2011/11/14/southern-discomfort-the-bishop-lawrence-investigation.html"><rss:title>Southern Discomfort: the Bishop Lawrence investigation</rss:title><rss:link>http://www.anglicanplanet.net/usa/2011/11/14/southern-discomfort-the-bishop-lawrence-investigation.html</rss:link><dc:creator>TAP</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-11-14T17:40:04Z</dc:date><dc:subject></dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><span><img src="http://www.anglicanplanet.net/storage/Mark Lawrence Bishop of SC.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1321292484779" alt="" /></span></span></p>
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<p>Editor&rsquo;s note: The key charges leveled against Bishop Mark Lawrence of South Carolina by The Episcopal Church (TEC) include: making amendments to the diocese&rsquo;s charter, constitution and canons; failure to prevent parishes from leaving TEC and failure to sue</p>]]></content:encoded></rss:item><rss:item rdf:about="http://www.anglicanplanet.net/usa/2011/11/14/tec-drops-below-two-million-members.html"><rss:title>TEC drops below two million members</rss:title><rss:link>http://www.anglicanplanet.net/usa/2011/11/14/tec-drops-below-two-million-members.html</rss:link><dc:creator>TAP</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-11-14T17:38:15Z</dc:date><dc:subject></dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[ONCE A FLAGSHIP denomination of American mainline Protestantism, the U.S.-based Episcopal Church has for the first time in decades reported membership below two million. Almost one-quarter of Episcopalians who were in the pews in 2000 are no longer there. The denomination, which claimed]]></content:encoded></rss:item><rss:item rdf:about="http://www.anglicanplanet.net/usa/2011/11/14/adult-baptisms-high-in-acna.html"><rss:title>Adult baptisms high in ACNA</rss:title><rss:link>http://www.anglicanplanet.net/usa/2011/11/14/adult-baptisms-high-in-acna.html</rss:link><dc:creator>TAP</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-11-14T17:30:42Z</dc:date><dc:subject></dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[(Staff)&nbsp; A STARTLING statistic was released by a relatively new church on the continent. Of the over 3,000 baptisms reported in the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) almost 1,000 or nearly one-third were people aged 30 and over, indicating a significant number of new Christians. This statistic would seem to confirm what Bishop Don Harvey,]]></content:encoded></rss:item><rss:item rdf:about="http://www.anglicanplanet.net/usa/2011/11/14/materialism-and-marriage.html"><rss:title>Materialism and Marriage</rss:title><rss:link>http://www.anglicanplanet.net/usa/2011/11/14/materialism-and-marriage.html</rss:link><dc:creator>TAP</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-11-14T17:28:58Z</dc:date><dc:subject></dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[(Staff)&nbsp; SPOUSES THAT PLACE a high value on money and possessions can expect a rocky marriage, says a new study from Brigham Young University. Researchers found that materialism in a spouse was associated with lower levels of responsiveness]]></content:encoded></rss:item><rss:item rdf:about="http://www.anglicanplanet.net/usa/2011/6/26/presbyterian-church-usa-accepts-openly-gay-clergy.html"><rss:title>Presbyterian Church (USA) accepts openly gay clergy</rss:title><rss:link>http://www.anglicanplanet.net/usa/2011/6/26/presbyterian-church-usa-accepts-openly-gay-clergy.html</rss:link><dc:creator>TAP</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-06-27T03:59:29Z</dc:date><dc:subject></dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[(Staff) ON MAY 10 the Presbyterian Church USA (PCUSA) entered the expanding ranks of Christian denominations that allow sexually active gay and lesbian clergy. They join The Epsicopal Church, United Church of Christ and the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. &nbsp;<br />But the trend could be slowing down.]]></content:encoded></rss:item><rss:item rdf:about="http://www.anglicanplanet.net/usa/2011/5/10/rip-bernard-nathanson-84-abortion-activist-became-prolife-le.html"><rss:title>R.I.P. Bernard Nathanson, 84, Abortion activist became prolife leader</rss:title><rss:link>http://www.anglicanplanet.net/usa/2011/5/10/rip-bernard-nathanson-84-abortion-activist-became-prolife-le.html</rss:link><dc:creator>TAP</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-05-10T14:56:09Z</dc:date><dc:subject></dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>By Fr. Raymond J. De Souza</p>
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<p><em>A key American abortion activist who converted first to the  prolife cause and later to Christianity died of cancer Feb. 21 in his  native New York. </em><br />In 1968 Bernard Nathanson co-founded the  National Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws (now called the  National Abortion Rights Action League), and became a leading campaigner  for the unlimited abortion licence</p>]]></content:encoded></rss:item><rss:item rdf:about="http://www.anglicanplanet.net/usa/2011/5/9/south-carolina-takes-defensive-stand.html"><rss:title>South Carolina Takes Defensive Stand</rss:title><rss:link>http://www.anglicanplanet.net/usa/2011/5/9/south-carolina-takes-defensive-stand.html</rss:link><dc:creator>TAP</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-05-09T18:21:16Z</dc:date><dc:subject></dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[The Diocese of South Carolina &ndash; one of the few orthodox dioceses remaining in The Episcopal Church (TEC) &ndash; has ratified on final passage the amendments to its diocesan Constitution]]></content:encoded></rss:item><rss:item rdf:about="http://www.anglicanplanet.net/usa/2010/12/10/canadians-consult-with-communion-partners-in-orlando.html"><rss:title>Canadians consult with Communion Partners in Orlando</rss:title><rss:link>http://www.anglicanplanet.net/usa/2010/12/10/canadians-consult-with-communion-partners-in-orlando.html</rss:link><dc:creator>TAP</dc:creator><dc:date>2010-12-10T22:56:30Z</dc:date><dc:subject></dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[NINETY BISHOPS and clergy gathered in Orlando, Florida, Nov. 15-17 for a three-day conference of Communion Partners. Developed in the wake of tensions within the Episcopal Church, Communion Partners is a fellowship linking members to the larger Anglican Communion, offering fellowship, support and a forum for mutual concerns, as well as support for the Anglican Covenant.]]></content:encoded></rss:item><rss:item rdf:about="http://www.anglicanplanet.net/usa/2010/11/4/quiz-finds-americans-religious-illiterates.html"><rss:title>Quiz finds Americans religious illiterates</rss:title><rss:link>http://www.anglicanplanet.net/usa/2010/11/4/quiz-finds-americans-religious-illiterates.html</rss:link><dc:creator>TAP</dc:creator><dc:date>2010-11-04T17:03:21Z</dc:date><dc:subject></dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Atheists &amp; agnostics score better than believers </strong></p>
<p>(Staff)&nbsp; A SHORT QUIZ has revealed that Americans, many of whom describe themselves as deeply religious, are actually woefully ignorant of their own faith and the major faiths of their fellow Americans.</p>]]></content:encoded></rss:item></rdf:RDF>
