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Pat, left, and Joe Weaver sit in meditation during a weekly "Contemplative Citizenship" service at St. James Episcopal Church in Lancaster, Pa., on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)

Swing-state priest teaches ancient techniques for surviving today’s political turmoil

By Peter Smith - Associated Press

FILE - Bishop Michael Curry speaks outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Sept. 22, 2021. The Episcopal Church, at its General Convention in Louisville, Kentucky, is scheduled to elect a new leader Wednesday, June 26, 2024 to replace Curry, who for the past nine years has served as the first African American presiding bishop of the 239-year-old denomination. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Episcopal Church is electing a successor to Michael Curry, its first African American leader

By Peter Smith and David Crary - Associated Press

Church view from pulpit. (Photo credit: Chadd Balfour/Shutterstock)

Church of England to ponder ‘gender-neutral’ terms for God and Jesus, bishop says

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

Church bell tower in a blue sky. Photo Credit: Richard Nantais via Shutterstock. ** FILE **

Mount Zion UMC, District’s oldest Black church, awarded with preservation grant

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

Audience members attend the dedication ceremony at the Washington National Cathedral for the cathedral's new stone carving of Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

Three D.C. churches, including city’s oldest Black congregation, snag six-figure preservation grants

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

Bishop John Shelby Spong was ordained an Episcopal priest at the end of 1955 in North Carolina, he was consecrated as a bishop in June 1976 in the Diocese of Newark, which he led from 1979 until his retirement in 2000. (Photograph by Scott Griessel via wikipedia.org)

John Shelby Spong, liberal Episcopal bishop, dies at age 90

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

A plaque sits at the steps of St. James Episcopal Church, Friday Dec. 4, 2020, in New York's Upper East Side neighborhood, acknowledging the church's wealth created with slave labor. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

More US churches are committing to racism-linked reparations

By DAVID CRARY - Associated Press

A plaque sits at the steps of St. James Episcopal Church, Friday Dec. 4, 2020, in New York's Upper East Side neighborhood, acknowledging the church's wealth created with slave labor. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

More US churches commit to racism-linked reparations

By DAVID CRARY - Associated Press

Episcopal bishop to resign over same-sex marriage stance

Associated Press

Food for the soul: Casserole Kitchen adapts to keep going

By JAN SWOOPE and The Dispatch - Associated Press

A paragraph in the Colonial Vestry Book of Lynnhaven Parish Princess Anne County Virginia 1723-1786 shows an entry of slave was bought and sold, is shown Monday, June 29, 2020 in Virginia Beach, Va. The' N. Pham/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)

Virginia churches reckon with history in slave trade

By DENISE M. WATSON and The Virginian-Pilot - Associated Press

White House acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney announces that the G-7 will be held at Trump National Doral, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

Mick Mulvaney: St. John’s Episcopal Church visit was ‘a very Trump kind of move’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump visit Saint John Paul II National Shrine, Tuesday, June 2, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Donald Trump, first lady visit John Paul II shrine ahead of religious-freedom order

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump holds a Bible as he visits outside St. John's Church across Lafayette Park from the White House Monday, June 1, 2020, in Washington. Part of the church was set on fire during protests on Sunday night. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Franklin Graham thanks Donald Trump for St. John’s Church visit

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

In this Thursday, March 26, 2020 photo, Rev. Dr. Robert Pace walks his dog outside of his home in Brenbook, Texas. Pace was the first known case of COVID-19 in Tarrant County. He has recovered and received his second negative test on March 19. (Amanda McCoy/Star-Telegram via AP)

Fort Worth rector beat coronavirus after a two-week battle

By NICHOLE MANNA - Associated Press

Church denomination forgives Atlanta college’s $4M debt

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Attorney clerics combine vocations to serve

By KATHY HANKS - Associated Press

Hospice singers offer comfort of song to those at life’s end

By HEATHER POYNER - Associated Press

In a Sunday, July 7, 2019 photo, Rev. Dr. Stephen Smith sits with his Reverend Guitars Pete Anderson PA-1 that was a gift from his congregation to celebrate his 15th anniversary with the St. Patrick's Episcopal Church of Dublin and music director Jennifer Bell, the bassist in his band, inside the sanctuary. (Adam Cairns/The Columbus Dispatch via AP)

Site records religious sounds, such as bells, birds and U2

By DANAE KING - Associated Press

Closed for 17 years, St. Jude’s in Franklin opens for prayer

By LEAH WILLINGHAM - Associated Press