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- Arkansas priest named interim executive director of Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing
[Episcopal News Service] Atlanta Bishop Rob Wright announced April 15 that the Rev. Greg Warren will serve as interim executive director of the Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing, based
- Central New York Bishop DeDe Duncan-Probe named petition nominee for 28th presiding bishop
[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,
- Central New York diocese expresses grief, calls for prayer and action following deadly shooting
[Episcopal News Service] The Episcopal Diocese of Central New York has expressed its grief and called for prayers in the aftermath of a shooting that left two law enforcement officers
- WCC congratulates new secretary general of Religions for Peace World Council
[World Council of Churches] World Council of Churches general secretary the Rev. Jerry Pillay extended congratulations to Francis Kuria Kagema after his appointment as the new secretary general for the
- Massachusetts Bishop Alan M. Gates apologizes for removing female priest’s clergy collar during Easter Vigil
[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
- Texas diocese suspends Fort Worth priest following arrest for online solicitation of a minor
[Episcopal News Service] The Episcopal Diocese of Texas has suspended the Rev. Jason Myers, who had been serving as associate rector of Trinity Episcopal Church in Fort Worth, after he
- Committees hear testimony on possible full communion with Bavaria’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
[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
- WCC expresses grave concern over escalation of violence in Middle East
[World Council of Churches] World Council of Churches general secretary the Rev. Jerry Pillay, on behalf of the global fellowship, expressed grave concern regarding the recent escalation of violence in
- Social Justice & US Policy committees hear testimony on gun violence, homelessness, religious nationalism, pacifism and just war
[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
- Presiding officers detail plan, timeline for naming Michael Barlowe’s successor as executive officer of General Convention
[Episcopal News Service] The Episcopal Church’s two presiding officers on April 12 publicly released a letter addressed to Executive Council that outlines their plan for appointing a new General Convention