(UNDATED) Almost unnoticed amid its clamorous debate over human sexuality, the Episcopal Church has directed an internal committee to address “anti-Jewish prejudice” in Christian Scriptures and ...

The decision would go into effect in December and make the Episcopal Church, an independent U.S.-based institution affiliated with global Anglicanism, the biggest U.S. church to allow a ritual ...

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The following was submitted by Charles Curti, a member of the Vestry of St. John’s Episcopal Church. Dick Simeone and Lyn Brakeman are a married couple and Episcopal priests who have been the Rector ...

WEST PITTSTON, Pa. (AP) — Throughout her life, the Rev. Rebecca A. Barnes heard a calling to God. Until her 30s, she answered with a song. Today, she answers with a sermon. The Rev. Barnes, a West ...

The US Episcopal Church yesterday approved a liturgy for clergy to use in blessing same-sex unions, including gay marriages in states where they are legal, becoming the largest US religious ...

HOUSTON – The Rev. Dr. Russell Levenson Jr., the rector of St. Martin’s Episcopal Church, said that years ago when he and former first lady Barbara Bush started talking about funeral arrangements, she ...

VATICAN CITY — The Holy See has release a new motu proprio from Pope Francis outlining a shift in the responsibility of local bishops and the Apostolic See for the revision and approval of liturgical ...

The Holy See has released a new "motu proprio" from Pope Francis outlining a shift in the responsibility of local bishops and the Apostolic See for the revision and approval of liturgical texts. Dated ...

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama – As the trees go bare in the autumn, in many churches, the color scheme changes from green to purple. The colors used by Christian denominations that incorporate formal liturgical ...

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