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Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has said that the Episcopal Church is eager to deepen its partnership with the Anglican Church of Canada, noting how the two churches have "common roots and history."

Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has described the decision by Lambeth Palace to remove Episcopalians serving on international ecumenical dialogues as "unfortunate ... It misrepresents who the Anglican Communion is."

In January 2011 the people of South Sudan are expected to vote in a referendum that will determine the future of Africa's largest country, a country with a long history of civil war, and rich in oil and other natural resources.

A lesson can be drawn from the still-unfolding oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico – that all are connected, Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori writes in ENS Weekly bulletin inserts for June 20. The presiding bishop, who was a research oceanographer before entering the ministry, writes of the devastating effect of the flood of oil on the ecology and economy of the entire region, the nation and the world

The Rev. Canon Kenneth Kearon, secretary general of the Anglican Communion, has written to those Episcopalians serving on the communion's ecumenical dialogues informing them that their memberships have been discontinued.

Episcopal Church House of Deputies President Bonnie Anderson helped the Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do Brasil (IEAB) bring its historic 31st General Synod to a close June 6 by preaching during the gathering's final Eucharist.

Indian dancers, an African-Scottish choir and songs from every continent greeted more than 1,000 people to the Mound in the Scottish capital June 6 for a 3-hour-long celebration that drew the Edinburgh 2010 missionary conference to a close

The Rev. Canon Kenneth Kearon, secretary general of the Anglican Communion, has issued a statement outlining the next steps following Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams' Pentecost letter.

The Very Rev. Terry Allen White was elected June 5 as the eighth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Kentucky, pending the required consents from a majority of bishops with jurisdiction and standing committees of the Episcopal Church.

Three new videos from the Edinburgh 2010 world missionary conference are now available. The new media player offers better quality video, as well as sharing and embedding options.

Trinity Episcopal Cathedral sits on a divide in downtown Phoenix, Arizona, between the city's oldest Hispanic barrio to the southeast and the first wave of Anglo suburbs to the northwest. Its location also puts it at the center of the nation's immigration debate.

Anglicans attending the World Missionary Conference in Edinburgh say that the June 2-6 gathering promises to be a pivotal moment for the global Christian community in discerning its future and exploring how different denominations can work together in partnership.

Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has issued a pastoral letter to the Episcopal Church, in which she refers to the Pentecost letter from Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams and urges continued dialogue with those who disagree with recent actions "for we believe that the Spirit is always calling us to greater understanding."

Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori June 2 sent a letter to President Barack Obama expressing deep concern surrounding Israel's interception of an aid flotilla bound for Gaza.

The sacred fire burned on the campus of the University of the South May 27-31 as indigenous clergy, laity, and bishops whose ministry includes native peoples gathered for the Oklahoma IV 2010 Consultation.

Seminary campuses grew quiet this week with the 2009-10 academic year now ended, but that quiet belies vigorous -- and by turns upbeat and cautious -- discussions about the future of theological education. As the year was beginning, a re-configured Seabury-Western Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois, had just sold its property to nearby Northwestern University, using the $13 million to pay off its debt and balance its budget

On Sunday, June 20, refugee advocates and organizations, and many faith communities – including the Episcopal Church – observe World Refugee Day. Church members are asked to pray for the uprooted and for a world without the violence, discrimination and oppression that have led to their suffering and displacement

Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams is proposing that representatives currently serving on some of the Anglican Communion's ecumenical dialogues should resign their membership if they are from a province that has not complied with moratoria on same-gender blessings, cross-border interventions and the ordination of gay and lesbian people to the episcopate.

Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, in his Pentecost letter to the Anglican Communion, encourages Anglicans to pray for renewal in the Spirit and focus on the priority of mission, so that "we may indeed do what God asks of us and let all people know that new and forgiven life in Christ is possible."

Some of the world-famous murals that adorned the walls of the Episcopal Diocese of Haiti's Holy Trinity cathedral prior to the Jan. 12 earthquake, and gave Haitians of all faiths a vision of their place in the stories of the Bible, could be preserved and possibly even restored.