Bishops Respond to Mass Shootings
Several diocesan bishops prayed for victims, lamented the loss of life, and called for action against gun violence after two large-scale shootings led to dozens of deaths over the weekend in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio.
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Welby to Visit Massacre Site in Tour of South Asian Churches
Archbishop Justin Welby will participate this September in the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the massacre at Amritsar in India. He will become the first Archbishop of Canterbury to visit the site of the massacre, which is widely seen as a pivotal event in the demise of the British colonial system.
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Bishop Roundup: Montana, Taiwan, Southern Virginia
Two new diocesan bishops have been elected in Montana and Taiwan in recent weeks; and the Diocese of Southern Virginia has announced the nomination of two additional candidates by petition for its September 21 episcopal election.
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The Episcopalian Running for President
By Kirk Petersen
Episcopalians sometimes point out that of the 44 people who have been the president of the United States, 11 have been Episcopalians. But of the two dozen people actively running for president today, only one, Pete Buttigieg, is an Episcopalian.
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