On 15 JUN, +Gregory Kerr-Wilson, bishop diocesan of the Diocese of Calgary and +Melissa Skelton, bishop diocesan of the Diocese of New Westminster, in the Anglican Church of Canada, offered a formal apology to the survivors of a priest’s abuse.
During a bond hearing for suspected shooter Dylann Storm Roof, the family members of victims spoke of the pain of their loss. But the reports stated that over and over, in spite of their deep sense of soulless tragedy, they expressed their forgiveness to Roof.
Many of the churches in Charleston SC are planning to ring their bells simultaneously at 10:00 am EDST tomorrow, Sunday, 21 JUN. The event is planned as a show of unity with the congregation of Emanuel AME Church after the tragic fatal attack that occurred there this past Wednesday evening.
A well-known Episcopal blogger and lay leader in the Diocese of Pittsburgh has been accused of stealing funds from an elderly woman who gave him responsibility over her finances and who lives in a nursing home.
Juneteenth affirms that “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” as the rights of all, not a select few.
Occasionally we print letters to the editor; in this letter the Rev Scott Petersen, himself an alcoholic in recovery, urges the church to own that we are a church that welcomes alcohol, but also to learn to welcome all of it: the good, the bad, and the transformational.
The deaths in Charleston, S.C. have prompted grief, anger, fear, the question of whether there is any sanctuary, even in a sanctuary, from a violence
The New York Times and other sources report that the suspect in the Charleston shooting at Emanuel A.M.E. Church, Dylan Storm Roof, has been captured in Shelby, N.C. The police here say Mr. Roof, who is white, is suspected of being the gunman who walked into the prayer meeting Wednesday night, sat down with black parishioners for nearly an hour, and then opened fire.
Local Charleston paper places gun shop coupon above headline “Church Attack Kills 9.”
A message from the Right Reverend Charles G. vonRosenberg, Bishop of the Episcopal Church in South Carolina: The unimaginable tragedy at Emanuel AME Church calls