For years many responsible Episcopalians were concerned that a lack of adequate financial controls made the millions of dollars that the church disburses annually overseas vulnerable to theft, and it would appear that in the Anglican Church of Mexico their worst fears have been confirmed.
07 June 2002
Bishop Barbara Harris of Massachusetts, the first woman to be elected a bishop in the world-wide Anglican Communion, urged graduates from the Church Divinity School of the Pacific to look to the future and become part of the "remnant of God" who will "be vessels of God's love, instruments of reconciliation and channels of God's grace."
05 June 2002
Bishop Andrew Hutchison, of the diocese of Montreal, is now Archbishop Hutchison after being elected metropolitan of the ecclesiastical Province of Canada in what is likely the Anglican Communion's first electronic election.
31 May 2002
"Our God tends to be too small - too private, too personal, a God we can control, program, buy," warned Dr Fredrica Harris Thompsett of Episcopal Divinity School in her opening address at an April conference on stewardship and evangelism in Massachusetts.
23 May 2002
While former president Jimmy Carter visits Cuba in hopes of improving diplomatic relations between the island nation and the US, Anglicans in Cuba are quietly seeking to rejoin the Episcopal Church of the United States (ECUSA) after a 35-year separation.
23 May 2002
With comprehensive hate crimes bills just a few days away from appearing on the Senate's agenda, more than 130 Episcopal clergy have signed a letter calling on Congress to pass legislation to fight hate crimes in the United States.
13 May 2002
She was supposed to have died, but had switched with a colleague, and now the flight attendant pointed at the pit. "This is hell," she said. It was very early in the morning and the woman, who smelled of alcohol and was drenched in tears, seemed beyond the comfort of the attentive priest at her side.
08 May 2002
The enormous changes in Canadian society over the past several decades have put clergy under more physical and mental stress than ever and the church is seeking ways to improve and support clergy and staff well-being.
25 April 2002
The Revd Dr Titus Presler has been named dean and president of the Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest.
23 April 2002
Episcopal congregations across the country are encouraged to join others that minister to mariners on America's inland waterways through Ministry on the River's ecumenical River Friendly Church program.
23 April 2002