The Rev. Mark Michael is editor-in-chief of The Living Church. An Episcopal priest, he has reported widely on global Anglicanism, and also writes about church history, liturgy, and pastoral ministry.
Thirty-nine of 158 delegates to the electoral synod wrote to diocesan council expressing concern about “external pressures” imposed by diocesan authorities.
Pope Francis, 266th successor of Saint Peter as Bishop of Rome and leader of the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics for the last twelve years, died on April 21 at 88.
The proposed revisions, the most significant since the RCL’s introduction in 1993, aim to address anti-Jewish bias in the Passion from John and the Acts of the Apostles.
Caldwell was a champion of total ministry in his rural diocese and was deeply moved by the experience of officiating at the funeral of LGBT icon Matthew Shepard.
