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Introducing the Diocese of Cuba

By Kirk Petersen
General Convention voted in 2018 -- contingent on certain conditions -- to welcome La Iglesia Episcopal de Cuba back into the Episcopal Church after half a century. The conditions have been met, and Executive Council joyfully welcomed the Diocese of Cuba at its February meeting.
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General Convention 2024 set for Louisville

By Kirk Petersen
The Kentucky city was chosen over two other finalists, Detroit and San Juan, Puerto Rico. Louisville is within a day's drive of 60% of the country. It will be the first General Convention in Province IV since the 1982 meeting in New Orleans.
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Congolese Archdeacon Murdered by Islamists

By Mark Michael
The Ven. Ngulongo Year Batsemire, archdeacon of the Anglican Diocese of Kivu-Nord, was killed on January 29 after refusing his attackers’ demand that he convert to Islam.
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Texas Diocese Pledges $13M for Reparations

By Mark Michael
The Diocese of Texas has made the largest commitment to date of any of the Episcopal institutions seeking to atone for slavery. The funds will support African-American college students and seminarians, historically black churches, and church-based racial-reconciliation initiatives.
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The Bishop Who Foretold Dresden

By John D. Alexander
A Church of England bishop in 1944 deplored the tactic of saturation bombing German cities. He urged the RAF to restrict its bombing to military targets, and named Dresden as one of the larger cities that had not yet been bombed.
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Anglicans Online:
A Retrospective

By Richard J. Mammana
For a quarter century, a group of volunteers published a weekly online magazine, featuring essays, news, and an extraordinarily comprehensive collection of links to Anglican entities around the world. One of the former volunteers reminisces about the site, which stopped posting new content in October.
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Of Such Is the Kingdom of Heaven

By Elizabeth Baumann
A priest's wife with small children offers suggestions for how to respond to distracting children in church. "The runaway toddler of the outnumbered single parent who makes a break for the altar in the middle of Maundy Thursday? You choose: be offended, or see an icon of how Jesus invites us to approach the Father — unrestrained, shameless, full of joy."
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Narcissism, Psychiatry and Pastoral Care

By John Mason Lock
Priests need to understand that "not all personal problems are theological problems. Theological language has a critical message to convey about the value of self and the expansive love of God, but clinical language and expertise needs to hold a place in the overall care of souls."
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