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After cerebral bleed, bishop-elect Paula Clark returns to work
by Dawn Araujo-Hawkins
Episcopal priest helps plan interfaith prayer house in Mongolia
by Egan Millard
Episcopal Church webinar marks 20 years of Guantanamo Bay human rights ‘disaster’
by David Paulsen
Influential Episcopal bishop John Shelby Spong dies at 90
by Bob Smietana
Anglican hospital in Gaza cares for wounded during fighting between Israel and Hamas
Indiana Episcopalians open state’s first LGBTQ youth shelter
Jon Meacham named National Cathedral's first canon historian
Episcocal Diocese of Chicago elects first African American, first woman diocesan bishop
by Emily McFarlan Miller
Ahead of Trump Bible photo op, police forcibly expel priest from church
by Jack Jenkins
Washington National Cathedral donates 5,000 medical masks found underground
by Paul O'Donnell
Barbara Harris, first woman ordained in Anglican Communion, dies at 89
by Adelle M. Banks
LGBTQ pioneer Louie Crew Clay dies at 82
Deon Johnson named bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Missouri
Alison Cheek, one of the first female Episcopal priests, dies at 92
Episcopal seminary that benefited from slavery creates reparations fund
To prevent abuse and coverups, the church needs to empower laypeople
Our old, clerical ways cannot be redeemed.
by Sean Rowe
Michael Curry’s impression on the bride and groom
The bishop preached first and foremost to the royal couple themselves—about their marriage and the work and witness they have said they want to offer.
by Heidi Haverkamp
The personal is political—and universal—for Carter Heyward
Heyward was one of the first women priests. But her particular experiences aren't the heart of her memoir.
by Amy Frykholm
God's words and liturgy's echo
"I love you," says God. "We love you, too," our prayers reply.
by Lauren F. Winner