What color is your Bible? Refugees find faith tested at the border
June 7, 2016
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Mohammed failed his asylum interview, in which he was asked the color of the cover of the Bible. His, he said, is red.
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Presiding Bishop joins the orange stole movement
June 7, 2016
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On June 5th, many Episcopal clergy and congregations followed the call to #WearOrange.
Arson at Staten Island Episcopal church – hate crime?
June 6, 2016
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NYPD’s Hate Crime Unit is investigating arson on Staten Island after a Molotov cocktail was thrown through the front window of St. Paul’s Memorial Episcopal Church Sunday afternoon.
Coding in Navajoland
June 6, 2016
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The Episcopal Church in Navajoland has partnered with a technology company to teach students web development.
What it meant to me to wear orange
June 5, 2016
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Bishop Laura J. Ahrens writes; “as the day wore on, the shirt took on a different meaning to me. As I encountered colleagues and community members and followed social media, seeing friends, acquaintances, strangers, politicians, and one older woman walking slowly, but importantly, wearing orange and attaching a sign to her walker #wearorange, the feeling of the day took a different shape.”
The Bishop of Liverpool responds to a statement out of Nigeria
June 4, 2016
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Recently, the Rt Revd Susan Goff, Bishop Suffragan of the TEC Diocese of Virginia, was asked to serve as an honorary assistant bishop in the CoE Diocese of Liverpool. Subsequently, word has come out of Africa that because of this appointment, the bishop of the Diocese of Akure in Nigeria, which also has had a link relationship with the Dio Liverpool, had taken the decision to end that relationship. The Rt Revd Paul Bayes, bishop of Liverpool, has written a letter responding to the news and has published it on the diocesan website.
Dio Rochester takes the decision to sell Diocesan House
June 4, 2016
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In a letter to diocesan membership, the Rt Revd Prince G. Singh explains the process, rational and ultimate decision to sell the diocesan property.
3 JUN commemorated the Martyrdom of Christians in Uganda
June 4, 2016
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Yesterday, Friday 3 JUN, marked the 140th anniversary of the order by King Kabaka Mwanga of Buganda that those who had converted to Christianity were to be executed. The Episcopal News Service reports that more than 200,00 pilgrims were camping near the Anglican shrine near Namugango Unganda, with more travelers on the way.
LDS Church fights marriage equality in Mexico
June 4, 2016
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The Salt Lake Tribune reported yesterday that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), headquartered in Salt Lake City UT, has once again entered the fray against marriage equality, this time in Mexico.
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