Usually, this article is written by a well-seasoned priest, the Rev. Daryl T. Hay. However, he is on sabbatical for some rest, rejuvenation, family time and study, so I have the honor of writing this ...

Nearly 50 years ago, an Episcopal priest shocked his listeners during a Palm Sunday sermon at St. Mark’s Church in Van Nuys, Calif. On April 3, 1960, the Rev. Dennis Bennett announced he had received ...

St. James in the Hills Episcopal Church Our understanding of who should be baptized, and when, has created controversy throughout the Christian world. There are denominations much more comfortable ...

YOU MAY (OR more likely, don’t) remember the case of invalid baptisms in the Diocese of Phoenix back in February. I got to thinking about it now that I am more than two years out from my retirement ...

WASHINGTON (RNS) — ‘We’re to be good citizens, and we’re to be good neighbors,’ said the Rev. Mariann Budde, the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, who distributed a letter outlining new ...

Episcopal Bishop Greg Brewer said today that Jack, an infant whose parents are gay parishioners of Cathedral Church of St. Luke, will be baptized at the church after all. Brewer made the decision to ...

When Luci Baines Johnson celebrated her 18th birthday by entering the Roman Catholic Church a fortnight ago, Father James Montgomery capped the ceremony by pouring water on her forehead and saying: ...

ANNA, Ill. - When St. Anne's Episcopal Church was de-sanctified in 1970, many of the furnishings were taken to other congregations or given to church members. The church bell went to a congregation in ...

King Abdullah II of Jordan has given a plot of land to the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem for construction of a church and retreat center at the much-visited Bethany-beyond-the-Jordan site, where, ...