Groundbreaking Episcopal priest Pauli Murray to be featured on US quarters
Pauli Murray, the first African American woman to be ordained a priest in the Episcopal Church and a pioneer in the struggles ...
Church of England releases draft of same-sex blessings; archbishop of Canterbury says he won't use them
The Church of England released the details of...
National Cathedral unveils portrait of Matthew Shepard
Washington National Cathedral unveiled a specially commissioned portrait of Matthew Shepard, the gay college student whose 199...
Texas church hosts services for synagogue damaged by arson
When a synagogue in Austin, Texas, was left without a place to hold its high holy days services after its building was damaged...
Episcopal priest helps plan interfaith prayer house in Mongolia
It might seem far-fetched for an Episcopal priest from Little Rock, Arkansas, to be working on an interfaith prayer house in Mongolia, a mostly Buddhist country....
Gender pay gap among Episcopal clergy shrinking but persistent
In 2001, when the Church Pension Group first started publishing differences in average compensation between male and female full-time Episcopal clergy, men earned 18 percent more than women....
LGBTQ pioneer Louie Crew Clay dies at 82
Louie Crew Clay, a longtime advocate for the full inclusion of LGBTQ people in the Episcopal Church, died on November 27 at age 82 with his husband by his side, according to Elizabeth Kaeton, a cl...
Alison Cheek, one of the first female Episcopal priests, dies at 92
Alison Cheek, one of the first female priests in the Episcopal Church and the first to publicly celebrate the Eucharist, died on September 1 at her home in Brevard, North Carolina, according to fri...
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