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The Way of Love and Lambeth

Bishop Mary Glasspool offers her thoughts on the Archbishop of Canterbury’s decision to not invite her spouse and the spouses of other LGBT bishops to 2020’s Lambeth Conference.

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White supremacist murders 49 in New Zealand

A 28-year-old man has been charged with murder and two others are in custody after 49 people were killed in shootings at two Christchurch mosques. Police Commissioner Mike Bush said as of 9pm 49 people had lost their lives in the shootings

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Washington National Cathedral announces investigation into any past reports of sexual misconduct

Hollerith writes, “We find ourselves in a moment in which schools, churches, universities and others are reckoning with painful cases of abuse, assault or harassment from years past. Of all the institutions in our public life, the church must be held to the highest standards of accountability, protection and justice, particularly when it involves situations involving children or minors.”

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The Diocese of the Internet: the ministry of bishops in the social media age

The Rt. Rev. Susan Bell, Bishop of Niagra, sees social media use as a way of reaching new people and noted, 

“For Anglicans in particular, the Reformation taught us that communicating the gospel in the vernacular was a core value…Well, social media is the vernacular now, and we are bound by our polity, tradition and the Great Commission to preach the gospel to the whole creation using whatever tools the Lord makes available to us.”

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