Episcopal Church
Indigenous and faith leaders urge Procter & Gamble to end logging of old-growth forests
By Diana Kruzman — November 9, 2021
(RNS) — Activists pressuring the company to source materials in Canada and Southeast Asia more ethically say it’s not just an environmental issue, but also a spiritual one.
COP26 event urges partnership between religious, Indigenous leaders to save planet
By Emily McFarlan Miller — November 4, 2021
(RNS) — There can be no solution to the climate crisis that does not recognize the rights and spiritualities of Indigenous peoples, according to religious leaders who gathered for the official COP26 side event ‘Making Peace with Nature.’
Catholic, Protestant groups support commission on US Indian boarding school policy
By Emily McFarlan Miller — October 4, 2021
(RNS) — US Senator Elizabeth Warren and the co-chairs of the Congressional Native American Caucus reintroduced the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies in the United States Act on Sept. 30, which many observed as a National Day of Remembrance for US Boarding Schools.
On day of remembrance, churches confront their role in Indigenous boarding schools
By Emily McFarlan Miller — September 30, 2021
CHICAGO (RNS) — Several US mainline denominations — including the Episcopal Church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the United Methodist Church — encouraged their members to observe a day of remembrance for US Indian boarding schools on Sept. 30.
Resettling Afghan evacuees will be a mammoth job. Churches will be essential.
By Mark Silk — September 27, 2021
(RNS) — A model from Connecticut may be the answer.
Women are essential in the Bible. Now they’re in the Sunday readings
By Emily McFarlan Miller — September 17, 2021
(RNS) — ‘What does it look like to tell the Good News through the stories of women who are often on the margins of scripture and often set up to represent bad news?’ asks the Rev. Wilda Gafney.
Pastoral as well as radical, Bishop Spong gave priests ‘room to exist’
By Cynthia Black — September 15, 2021
(RNS) — The space he created for stretching boundaries was not only theological, but personal.
Bishop Spong: Theology without limit or bound
By John C. Dorhauer — September 14, 2021
(RNS) — Here was a bishop putting into words answers to the questions I had asked all my life.
Bishop John Shelby Spong, firebrand who championed LGBTQ inclusion, has died
By Bob Smietana — September 12, 2021
(RNS) — Spong made headlines when he ordained the first openly gay male priest in the Episcopal Church.
Episcopal Diocese of Maine mandates vaccine for clergy
By Kathryn Post — August 25, 2021
(RNS) — Bishop Thomas J. Brown’s decision is one of the first vaccine mandates for clergy in the U.S.
Episcopal Diocese of Chicago postpones consecration of bishop-elect after brain bleed
By Emily McFarlan Miller — May 24, 2021
CHICAGO (RNS) — The delay will allow Clark to assume her role as bishop in 'the healthiest and most wholesome way,' according to Episcopal Presiding Bishop Michael Curry.
What next? Christian leaders offer advice for confronting Christian nationalism
By Emily McFarlan Miller and Adelle M. Banks — January 28, 2021
(RNS) — One good first step for Christians is to learn more about Christian nationalism — and why it conflicts with Christianity.
Episcopal Diocese of Chicago elects the Rev. Paula Clark, its first Black and first female bishop
By Emily McFarlan Miller — December 14, 2020
(RNS) — Clark, a native of Washington, D.C., is canon to the ordinary and chief of staff in the Episcopal Diocese of Washington.
‘You can’t just jump to hope’: Episcopal Presiding Bishop Michael Curry on healing after the election
By Emily McFarlan Miller — November 11, 2020
(RNS) — Curry spoke to Religion News Service about what divides the United States, what people of faith can do to help bridge those divisions and why he believes healing is possible.
Poll chaplains plan to bring a ‘prayerful presence’ to precincts this Election Day
By Emily McFarlan Miller — October 27, 2020
(RNS) — The New Georgia Project is one of several groups training clergy to be precinct chaplains this Election Day at polling places across the country.
