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."
Welby to Visit Massacre Site in Tour of South Asian Churches August 5, 2019 News Welby may formally apologize at Amritsar, site of an event that triggered colonialism's demise, will stand in solidarity with persecuted South Asian Christians.
Curry Among Ecumenical Leaders Opposing Christian Nationalism August 2, 2019 News "As Christians, we must speak in one voice condemning Christian nationalism as a distortion of the gospel of Jesus and a threat to American democracy. "
National Cathedral Leadership Rebukes President Trump July 31, 2019 News "We feel compelled to ask: After two years of President Trump’s words and actions, when will Americans have enough?"
UBE Hears Presiding Bishop Urge Political Participation July 30, 2019 News Curry repeatedly emphasized that he was not trying to tell anyone how to vote, and said the commandment to "love your neighbor" has to apply to people who disagree with you.
Investing in Guns as a Path to Advocacy July 30, 2019 Clips, News The church intends to offer resolutions supporting reforms such as universal background checks, limits on the size of magazines and fingerprint verification for purchasers.
Canadian Conservatives Issue Post-Synod Call to Humility, Faithfulness July 29, 2019 News The Anglican Communion Alliance and the Communion Partners' Vancouver Statement criticizes canonical judgment permitting same-sex marriages, commits to remaining within Anglican Church of Canada.
