Episcopal News Service
- Executive Council welcomes back presiding bishop, as outgoing members prepare to say goodbye April 18, 2024[Episcopal News Service – Raleigh, North Carolina] Presiding Bishop Michael Curry received a rousing standing ovation April 18 from members of Executive Council, who were seeing him in person for […]David Paulsen
- Episcopal Church’s presiding officers sign documents to create Coalition for Racial Equity and Justice April 17, 2024[Episcopal News Service] Presiding Bishop Michael Curry and House of Deputies President Julia Ayala Harris, The Episcopal Church’s two presiding officers, signed documentation on April 17 to create the new […]lwilson
- Resolutions on Israeli ‘apartheid’ top agenda of General Convention international policy committees April 17, 2024[Episcopal News Service] The 81st General Convention is poised to consider 12 resolutions related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, starting with four separate resolutions that would label Israel’s disparate treatment of […]David Paulsen
- Central New York Bishop DeDe Duncan-Probe named petition nominee for 28th presiding bishop April 16, 2024[Episcopal News Service] Central New York Bishop DeDe Duncan-Probe on April 16 was added as a nominee by petition to stand for election as The Episcopal Church’s 28th presiding bishop, […]David Paulsen
- Massachusetts Bishop Alan M. Gates apologizes for removing female priest’s clergy collar during Easter Vigil April 15, 2024[Episcopal News Service] Massachusetts Bishop Alan M. Gates has issued a written apology for what he calls “an instant of altogether misguided mischief” in which he removed a female priest’s […]David Paulsen
- Committees hear testimony on possible full communion with Bavaria’s Evangelical Lutheran Church April 15, 2024[Episcopal News Service] Members of the Ecumenical & Interreligious Relations legislative committees heard testimony April 12 during an online hearing on a resolution that would establish full communion between The […]Melodie Woerman
- Social Justice & US Policy committees hear testimony on gun violence, homelessness, religious nationalism, pacifism and just war April 12, 2024[Episcopal News Service] General Convention’s Social Justice & U.S. Policy committees heard testimony April 11 on five proposed resolutions seeking to affirm and, in some cases, broaden The Episcopal Church’s […]Shireen Korkzan
- Episcopal, Anglican leaders of African descent confront contemporary challenges during 2024 International Black Clergy Conference April 12, 2024[Episcopal News Service] To attract and retain young parishioners, Episcopal churches need to fully live up to the saying, “all are welcome,” Kayla Byrd said during an April 10 panel […]Shireen Korkzan
- Episcopal nun helps stray kitten in Oklahoma find a home in Ohio April 12, 2024[Episcopal News Service] Sister Diana Doncaster of the Community of the Transfiguration, an Episcopal religious order for women in Cincinnati, Ohio, was one link in a chain of people who […]Melodie Woerman
- Bishops oppose General Seminary’s long-term lease with choral music school over LGBTQ+ inclusion concerns April 11, 2024[Episcopal News Service] The seven Episcopal bishops who serve the dioceses of New York and Long Island are publicly opposing the potential long-term lease of General Theological Seminary’s property and […]David Paulsen