royal wedding

2018 in review: A year of reckoning for powerful religious figures

By Bob Smietana — December 28, 2018
(RNS) — A year ago Bill Hybels was the pastor of one of the nation's most influential megachurches, Theodore McCarrick was a prince of the Catholic Church, and Michael Curry was the relatively unknown head of a mainline Protestant denomination.

Photos of the Week

By Kit Doyle — May 26, 2018
(RNS) — Each week Religion News Service presents a gallery of photos of religious expression around the world. This week’s gallery includes images from England, Texas, Hong Kong, Brazil and more.

About the royal wedding sermon …

By Jeffrey Salkin — May 22, 2018
It is now the most famous sermon in recent history. But, what is love?

Episcopalians reflect on staying power of ‘the sermon that stole the show’

By Emily McFarlan Miller — May 21, 2018
(RNS) — Bishop Michael Curry’s address will be numbered among history’s great sermons 'because of who he is, what he said, where he said it and how he said it.' 

Episcopal Bishop Curry gives royal wedding an American flair

By The Associated Press — May 19, 2018
(AP) — Nothing quite captured the trans-Atlantic nature of Saturday’s royal wedding as much as the guest preacher whose sermon brought American flair to a very English church service.

American bishop brings human rights focus to royal wedding

By The Associated Press — May 19, 2018
(AP) — The Most Rev. Michael Bruce Curry also plans to join a march on the White House next week that rejects U.S. President Trump’s 'America first' stance as 'theological heresy.'

Photos of the Week

By Kit Doyle — May 19, 2018
This week’s gallery includes images from the start of Ramadan, protests over the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem, and more.

Episcopalians scramble to capitalize on royal wedding opportunity

By Mark A. Kellner — May 17, 2018
(RNS) — For the Episcopal Church, the occasion marks a moment of opportunity to welcome newcomers and show the world Episcopalians are not entirely marginalized for their progressive views on gay ordination and same-sex marriage.

Presiding Bishop Michael Curry to preach at royal wedding ceremony

By The Associated Press — May 12, 2018
LONDON (AP) — Curry is the first African-American to have served as presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church.
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