Friday’s ordination of Bishop David O’Connell as Coadjutor Bishop of Trenton was marked, as blogger extraordinaire Rocco Palmo wrote, by “warmth of emotion, the understated beauty, the enthusiasm and, ...

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Tensions between Cathedral Church of the Advent and the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama have flared up since a Dec. 7 service ordaining four new priests at the cathedral. Advent Cathedral Interim Dean ...

This is the first ordination since the Vatican issued a declaration on excommunication with regards to such celebrations. A lawful Episcopal consecration was scheduled to take place in Handan (Hebei) ...

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For Kim Robba and Lyanne Pratts, the creation of the ordination robes worn by Father Charlie, now Bishop Azzopardi, was far ...

Turmoil in the Anglican Communion appears set to increase following Episcopal Church leaders’ approval of a resolution to ordain homosexual bishops. The new decision dismisses an earlier call by ...

This is the second ordination in recent days. The Holy See recognises all the ordaining bishops, except for one. Joining the nation to mourn the victims of the Qinghia quake, Mass participants observe ...

The Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire is preparing for a special event this weekend: the ordination of its new bishop.The new bishop, the Rev. A. Robert Hirschfeld, said he never thought that he ...

A German monk who rebelled against his Damascus-based patriarch was secretly ordained a bishop in India recently, prompting concern for the stability of the Syrian Jacobite Church. Father Sevarios ...

NEWARK, N.J. (RNS) Former New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey-who famously announced he was “a gay American” when he resigned in 2004-will not be ordained into the Episcopal Church priesthood in the near ...