Australian Bishop Vows to Test Church Ban on Same-Sex Marriage August 15, 2019 News "We've been frozen on the issue of same-sex couples now for many years — 25 years or more... So I think somebody has to break the deadlock and it might as well be me."
Hong Kong Bishops Call for Tolerance, Mutual Trust in Protest-Wracked City August 14, 2019 News “We need to remember that benevolent thoughts come from God while wicked intentions originate in the 'evil one,' Satan."
Order of Naucratius Nets Big Haul for the Needy August 13, 2019 Features Members of the order commit to a rule of life, which includes commitment to prayer, conservation of natural resources and “giving a significant share of their harvest to those who are hungry.”
8/18 Readings: Division and Decision August 12, 2019 Sunday's Readings God is love. Nothing can be said truly about God and God’s purpose in calling creation into being which blunts or otherwise qualifies this essential and irrevocable doctrine.
Nashotah Honors Kellermann Foundation for Work in Uganda August 12, 2019 News The honor recognizes the Dallas-based foundation for "world-wide vision of compassion and care" for providing health care, education, and community development among the displaced Batwa people of SW Uganda.
Original Our Lady of Walsingham Statue May Be in London’s V & A August 9, 2019 News By Mark Michael The details spill out like the plot elements of a classic British detective story: a statue imbued with sacred power; a royal agent bent on its destruction foiled by a family of traditionalis... Read more...
Sewanee Workshop to Help Priests Grapple with Confederate Past August 8, 2019 Clips, News A number of high-profile Episcopal churches have struggled over how to handle symbols of the Confederate past in recent years. A pilot workshop sponsored by the University of the South hopes to gather up to 15 Episcopal clergy who are actively grappling with how to handle such controversial symbols in their own churches.
The Episcopalian Running for President August 8, 2019 News Pete Buttigieg is also a multilingual gay combat veteran and former Rhodes Scholar. At the age of 37, he wants to be the first person to graduate to the Oval Office directly from being mayor of a mid-sized city.
Bishop Roundup: Montana, Taiwan, Southern Virginia August 7, 2019 News Two new diocesan bishops have been elected in Montana and Taiwan in recent weeks. The Diocese of Southern Virginia has announced the nomination of two additional candidates by petition for its episcopal electio... Read more...
Bishops Respond to Recent Mass Shootings August 6, 2019 Clips, News Local bishops lament loss of life in El Paso and Dayton, call for church to offer hope to disillusioned young people and end a "epidemic of hate and violence."
