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The Rev. Cynthia Black, right, and the Rev. Bonnie Perry, left, hug after Episcopalians voted to allow religious weddings for same-sex couples Wednesday, July 1, 2015, in Salt Lake City. The vote came in Salt Lake City at the denominations national assembly. The measure passed by an overwhelming margin in the House of Deputies, the voting body of clergy and lay people at the meeting. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Episcopalians OK allowing gay marriage in churches

By Brady McCombs and Rachel Zoll - Associated Press

Bishop Gene Robinson addresses the congregation at Christ Church in Philadelphia, Sunday, May 1, 2005. Robinson, now retired and divorced from his husband, said he is breathless about how quickly the gay rights movement has progressed since he was getting daily death threats and forced to wear a bulletproof vest to his consecration 12 years ago. Episcopalians are set to vote Wednesday, July 1, 2015, on allowing religious weddings for same-sex couples, just days after the U.S. Supreme Court legalized gay marriage nationwide. (AP Photo/Coke Whitworth, File)

Episcopalians to vote July 1 on allowing gay marriage in churches

By Brady McCombs and Rachel Zoll - Associated Press

Bishop Gene Robinson addresses the congregation at Christ Church in Philadelphia, Sunday, May 1, 2005. Robinson, now retired and divorced from his husband, said he is breathless about how quickly the gay rights movement has progressed since he was getting daily death threats and forced to wear a bulletproof vest to his consecration 12 years ago. Episcopalians are set to vote Wednesday, July 1, 2015, on allowing religious weddings for same-sex couples, just days after the U.S. Supreme Court legalized gay marriage nationwide. (AP Photo/Coke Whitworth, File)

Episcopal Church votes to perform gay marriages

By Brady McCombs and Rachel Zoll - Associated Press

Smoke rises from Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal church near Greeleyville, S.C., which caught fire Tuesday, June 30, 2015. Firefighters are trying to extinguish the blaze at the prominent black church. (Veasey Conway/The Morning News via AP)

Another black church in South Carolina burns; cause unknown

By Jeffrey Collins - Associated Press

Bishop Michael Curry of North Carolina, smiles after being elected the Episcopal Church's first African-American presiding bishop at the Episcopal General Convention Saturday, June 27, 2015, in Salt Lake City. Curry won the vote in a landslide. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Michael Curry becomes the first black presiding bishop elected by Episcopal Church

By Brady McCombs and Rachel Zoll - Associated Press

Police stand outside the Emanuel AME Church following a shooting Wednesday, June 17, 2015, in Charleston, S.C. (Associated Press)

Church shooting in Charleston, South Carolina

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

Voting signs cover the handrails at St. Timothy's Episcopal Church in Washington as the nation's capital holds its primary election on Tuesday, April 3, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times) ** FILE **

Episcopal Church in Michigan votes to crack down on gun rights

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Nicole Pries, left, and Lindsey Oliver, center, hold up their marriage license as Rev. Robin Gorsline, right, applauds as they celebrate being one of the first same-sex couples in Virginia to be married outside a Richmond Court building in Richmond, Va., Monday, Oct. 6, 2014. The couple were the first in the Richmond area to be married after the US Supreme Court refused to overturn same-sex marriage prohibitions. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Protestant churches to go slow on same-sex marriage

By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times

**FILE** The National Cathedral in Washington (Associated Press)

Transgendered priest to give sermon at Washington National Cathedral

By Meredith Somers - The Washington Times

This photo provided by the Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi shows the Very Rev. Brian Seage, rector of St. Columb's in Ridgeland, Mississippi, accepting his election as the diocese’s next bishop on Saturday, May 3, 2014 in St. Andrew’s Cathedral in Jackson, Miss. Standing with the bishop-elect is his wife, the Rev. Kyle Seage, rector of St. Philip's in Jackson. If confirmed, Brian Seage will become bishop in February, when the current bishop retires. (AP Photo/Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi, Jim Carrington)

Episcopalians name Ridgeland rector next MS bishop

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Episcopal bishop attending conference in SC

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In this March 24, 2014 photo, the colossal metal-and-enamel roundel created by art deco muralist Hildreth Meiere stands out on the facade of Radio City Music Hall in New York. “The Art Deco Murals of Hildreth Meiere,” a new book on the trail-blazing muralist who completed over 100 commissions in 16 states before her death in 1961, is set for May 1. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Highlights of US projects by muralist Meiere

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St. Paul’s College President Millard “Pete” Stith stands outside one of the 35 buildings for sale on the Lawrenceville, Va., campus of the historically black college and university on March 26, 2014. The college closed in 2013 under mounting debt and a loss of accreditation. Smith and St. Paul’s alumni are hopeful an April 9 sale will resurrect the school, founded in 1888. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Mandana Marsh)

Historically black Va. college sees hope in sale

By STEVE SZKOTAK - Associated Press

Married Davenport man will become Catholic priest

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Court declines to take up Episcopal Church dispute

By MATTHEW BARAKAT - Associated Press

Erie’s Episcopal bishop facing new role

By DANA MASSING - Associated Press