The head of the U.S. Episcopal Church has said the Church will not reverse its decision on accepting same-sex marriage, despite sanctions imposed by Anglican leaders. AP reported that in a phone interview from England, where he attended the gathering of top Anglican archbishops, Presiding Bishop Michael Curry said he told his fellow leaders they…
The Anglican Communion has voted to suspend the Episcopal Church over its decision to allow its clergy to perform same-sex marriages, a move not taken by the majority of churches in the Anglican Communion. The Huffington Post reported that the vote Thursday (Jan. 14) in Canterbury, England suspended the Episcopal Church from voting and decision-making…
WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Barack Obama has picked a neighbor to deliver the closing prayer at the inauguration. The Rev. Luis León told CNN on Tuesday the White House and the Presidential Inaugural Committee invited him last week to deliver the closing prayer at the 57th presidential inauguration. León pastors Saint John’s Church, an Episcopal…
WASHINGTON – Today the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) announced details of an event featuring Bishop Gene Robinson as part of its Equality Talks speaker series. Bishop Robinson, who oversees the Diocese of New Hampshire in the Episcopal Church in the United States, will be speak at the HRC headquarters in Washington about his new book, God Believes…
INDIANAPOLIS – The Episcopal Church has approved a new liturgy for blessing same-sex unions, two proposals adding gender identity and expression to the Church’s nondiscrimination canons for ordained ministry and in the “life, worship, and governance of the Church,” and a resolution supporting legislation for equal immigration rights for same-sex couples. The votes took place…
(CNN) — Episcopal priests will be allowed to conduct services blessing same-sex relationships under a policy approved Tuesday at the church’s national convention in Indianapolis. The convention’s House of Bishops approved the provisional policy 111-41 with three abstentions Monday, clearing it for consideration by the House of Deputies, which approved it Tuesday evening. The policy…
EDINBURGH, Scotland – An Episcopal church located on one of Edinburgh’s busiest streets, Princes St., has unveiled a gay wedding mural. St John’s Church chose the topic for the mural which shows two men with one about to place a ring on the other’s finger under the words “God is love.” Associate Rector of the…
The Episcopal church lost one of its own Sunday as Walter C. Righter, a retired, gay-friendly bishop for the church passed at the age of 87. The announcement was confirmed Tuesday by Rich Creehan, spokesman for the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh, where Righter was ordained nearly 60 years ago, the Los Angeles Times reports. Righter…
