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Wisconsin cathedral welcomes Episcopal Church's first transgender dean
Wendell Berry, writer and farmer, was extolled by many as a modern-day prophet
How Christianity shaped Dolly Parton's music and spirit
In historic appointment, Pope Leo names US journalist to Vatican communications office
Jesse Jackson dies at 84
Bridgett A. Green named president and publisher of Presbyterian Publishing Corporation
Lay leader resigns from Episcopal executive council; had filed complaint against presiding bishop
Karen Georgia Thompson elected WCRC president
In historic appointment, Sarah Mullally will be the first female archbishop of Canterbury
ELCA elects first Black presiding bishop, calls Israel's actions in Gaza a genocide
Well-known nonviolent Palestinian activist killed by an Israeli settler
The Jewish judge at the center of Trump's Harvard showdown
Walter Bruggemann, influential biblical scholar, dies at 92
Pope Francis dies at 88
Martin E. Marty, religion historian and former Century editor, dies at 97
John Buchanan, former Century editor and publisher, dies at 87
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