The pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong have another dimension… “there is an undercurrent of another, much older tension: Between Christianity and Communist China.”
As the mainline churches restructure, so does their umbrella ecumenical partnership. The National Council of Churches, of which The Episcopal Church is a member, has
While people are feeling warm and fuzzy about Pope Francis’ apparent inclusivity, a Roman Catholic parish has told a gay couple who have been together for thirty years to divorce and break up or else they cannot receive communion in the parish they’ve attended together for 11 years.
Cathy Lynn Grossman of Religion News Service writes: U. S. religious congregations are marching to their own drums now more than ever. The National Congregations
The Rev. Bruce Shipman has resigned as Priest-in-charge of the Episcopal Church at Yale. This comes in the wake of the controversy that arose because of a letter he wrote to the New York Times on August 24 saying that the rise of anti-Semetic demonstrations in Europe is linked to the Israel-Palestinian conflict in Gaza.
While life gets better for millions of gays, the number of homeless LGBT teens – many cast out by their religious families – quietly keeps growing.
Laundry Love is a growing faith-driven movement that helps people change their lives by letting them change into clean clothes. The organization partners with local laundromats and helps those who are homeless or struggling financially by doing their laundry for free.
Dean Gary Hall of Washington National Cathedral and young adults associated with the Union of Black Episcopalians are among Episcopalians responding to the killing of
Newsplex.com’s Stephon Dingle tells an ALS story in light of the Ice Bucket Challenge:
Sam Hailes writes in Lapido Media on Al-Ahli, Gaza’s only Christian hospital. An excerpt: