Julia Ayala Harris gives her acceptance speech after PHoD election

Top Deputy Alleges Misconduct by Bishop 

By Kirk Petersen

The church's second-ranking officer says that on the day she was elected president of the House of Deputies in 2022, a bishop greeted her with unwanted sexual contact, resulting in a disciplinary inquiry. Read on.

'Green Bishop' Bud Cederholm, 1944-2023 
By Mark Michael

The Rt. Rev. Roy F. (Bud) Cederholm, who served as suffragan bishop of the Diocese of Massachusetts from 2001 to 2011, died August 27 at 79. He is remembered as a passionate advocate for the environment. Read on.

Curry Surgery Preempts Bishop Gathering

By Kirk Petersen

Update: As Presiding Bishop Michael B. Curry prepares for September 8 surgery, plans for a House of Bishops meeting in the Dominican Republic have been scrapped. The bishops will meet online instead. Read on.

Australia Copes with Westward Migration

By Douglas LeBlanc

The Diocese of Sydney seeks to purchase "greenfields" properties in areas of rapid population growth on the western fringes of Sydney, the country's most populous city. Read on.

The Ethical Problem with AI
By Chip Russell

Artificial intelligence models rely on vast quantities of training data. The church must ask what it means for the dignity of every human being that corporations profit from uncompensated and unconsented work. Read on.

The Hour Glass of Time & Emptying Nests
By Steve Rice

When we cross the threshold from taking care of our children to telling them to take care, I wonder if our anxiety is not so much that they are moving on, but that we are closer to checking out. Read on.

Oppenheimer: Trinity, Technocracy, Grace
By Joseph L. Mangina

Robert Oppenheimer chose Trinity as the code name for the first atomic bomb test. Naming one's death-dealing device after the God who bestows life seems like a supreme act of blasphemy. What to make of this? Read on.

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