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July 8, 2016


TOP STORIES

Video: Presiding Bishop asks for prayers following shootings; Resources offered for prayer, conversations

Responses to this week’s deadly shootings

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WORLDWIDE

England: Christians urged to ‘build generous forward looking country’
The Church of England’s General Synod on the evening of July 8 called on all members of the church to “play their part” in the “common task of building a generous and forward looking country.” The call came following an emergency debate on a motion added to the synod’s agenda by the archbishops of Canterbury and York in response to the recent referendum in which the U.K. voted to leave the European Union.

Canada: General Synod opening worship confronts difficult questions
Standing before the broad wooden altar dominating the center of the meeting hall, clothed in crimson vestments, the primate of the Anglican Church of Canada delivered his sermon at the opening Eucharist of the 41st meeting of General Synod in a voice thick with emotion.

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Bishop of California makes statement about police deaths

Utah Bishop Scott Hayashi responds to this week’s shootings

A dreadful week in America: Statement from Washington bishop

Discerning a Way Forward Together: Statement from Louisiana bishop

New Jersey bishop responds to this week’s shootings

Hymn for events across nation, from Southwest Florida Bishop Smith

The Lethal Cocktail: Statement from Bishop Kirk S. Smith of Arizona

Chicago Bishop Jeff Lee: Living In a Time of Convulsive Violence

Long Island bishops respond to this week’s violence

Maryland bishops: Confronting the Sin of Racism

Fort Worth bishops respond to Dallas shootings

American Tragedy: Statement from Dallas Bishop George Sumner

Washington Bishop Mariann Budde: ‘We must be clear, white racism is sin’

Diocese of California issues statement on shootings

Minnesota bishop responds to shooting of Philando Castile

Louisiana bishop responds to Alton Sterling shooting

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