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David Paulsen

David Paulsen is a senior reporter and editor for Episcopal News Service.

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Episcopalians invited to experiment with baptismal promise emphasizing care of creation

A central component of the liturgy for baptisms in the Episcopal Church is the baptismal covenant, in wh...
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Wisconsin cathedral welcomes Episcopal Church's first transgender dean

Growing up in rural Western New York, Micah Cronin couldn’t have imagined his present role as dean of the Episcopal cathedral in Milwaukee, Wisconsin....
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Church sculpture near NASA honors Black Americans, women tied to space race

An Episcopal church located near NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, is paying tribute to Black Americans, women, and people from underreprese...
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Episcopal bishop asks Texas churches to refrain from "expansive language" in liturgies

All dioceses in the Episcopal Church regularly rely on the 1979 Book of Common Prayer to structure their worship services....
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Saint Augustine's University to declare bankruptcy and stop seeking accreditation, but won't close

Saint Augustine’s University, a historically Black university with Episcopal roots in Raleigh, North Carolina, is filing for bankruptcy to restructure its finances and will end its fight to keep it...
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Lay leader resigns from Episcopal executive council; had filed complaint against presiding bishop

Sandra Teresa Soledad Montes Vela, a lay executive council member from the Episcopal Diocese of Texas, announced on Facebook that she has resigned from the Episcopal Church’s interim governing body...
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Navajoland pilgrimage welcomes Indigenous leaders from across Anglican Communion

Nearly three dozen Anglicans and Episcopalians representing Indigenous cultures from around the world have gathered in the Episcopal Missionary Diocese of Nava...
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Episcopal Church lays off 14 as presiding bishop marks 'major milestone' in churchwide realignment

Sean Rowe, presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, announced staff cuts a...
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As Trump demands apology, Episcopal bishop explains her call for mercy toward those living in fear

The sermon’s duration was less than 15 minutes....
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Louisiana tribe celebrates 'rematriation' of 600 acres, returned by New Orleans church

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Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby to resign over handling of youth abuse scandal

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby will resign under pressure for his delayed response to extensive and devastating allegations of “physical, sexual, psychological and spiritual attacks” by a Br...
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Episcopal Church presiding bishop Sean Rowe takes office, proclaims 'one church in Christ' for a changing world

Sean Rowe began his nine-year term as the 28th presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church with an intimate but festive investiture service on No...
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Anglican hospital in Gaza resumes treating patients after evacuation order

Al Ahli Arab Hospital, an Anglican-run hospital in Gaza City, reopened last week “despite intense military activity in the area,” the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem said in a statement....
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Sean Rowe elected youngest presiding bishop in Episcopal Church history

Sean Rowe, bishop of the Episcopal Northwest Pennsylvania and bishop provisional of Western New York, was elected and confirmed June 26 to serve as the 28th presiding bishop of the denomination....
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Navajoland seeks to become missionary diocese in resolution proposed to Episcopal general convention

Navajo Episcopalians are asking the Episcopal Church to elevate their area mission, known as Navajoland, to the status of a missionary diocese—a step that, if approved in June by the 81st general c...
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Episcopal Bishop Prince Singh resigns after ministry is restricted amid abuse investigation

Prince Singh resigned September 8 as bishop provisional of the Episcopal Dioceses of Eastern Michigan and Western Michigan, the day after he was ...

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