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Jun 28, 2024 | 
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[Episcopal News Service – Louisville, Kentucky] Resolution D013, “Affirm the Imperative of a Palestinian State,” has become an act of General Convention. Both houses passed the resolution June 28, finishing the slate of resolutions related to the Holy Land. The resolution affirms the need for an independent Palestinian state to exist alongside the state of Israel. Since the start of convention, the resolution’s wording was a source of contention.
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Jun 27, 2024 | 
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[Episcopal News Service – Louisville, Kentucky] The 18 high school students making up the Official Youth Presence of the 81st General Convention have brought energy and fresh insight to the week’s proceedings. Representing every province of The Episcopal Church, they exhibit passionate opinions and say they’re ready for the church to listen to their voices.
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Jun 27, 2024 | 
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[Episcopal News Service – Louisville, Kentucky] The House of Deputies passed three resolutions concerning violence in Israel and Palestine in their legislative session June 26. Two of them, D007 and D056, went on to become official acts of convention while the third, D013, will be sent back to the House of Bishops.
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Jun 26, 2024 | 
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[Episcopal News Service – Louisville, Kentucky] Toward the end of the House of Deputies June 25 afternoon legislative session pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered at the back of the deputies’ hall holding signs and a banner that read “Listen to Palestinian Christians.” This is the second demonstration staged by Episcopalians representing Palestinian Anglicans and Clergy Allies and the Episcopal Peace Fellowship’s Palestine Israel Network. The Rev.
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Jun 25, 2024 | 
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[Episcopal News Service — Louisville, Kentucky] In their afternoon session on June 25, the House of Bishops heard Resolution D056, calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. Los Angeles Bishop John Taylor brought forward an amendment containing suggestions inspired by Pathways for Peace, a framework that guides inclusive approaches to prevent violent conflict.
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Jun 24, 2024 | 
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[Episcopal News Service – Louisville, Kentucky] Some 15 Episcopalians – lay and ordained – mostly representing the group Palestinian Anglicans and Clergy Allies and the Episcopal Peace Fellowship’s Palestine Israel Network began gathering outside the House of Bishop’s 30 minutes before the start of the June 24 afternoon legislative session. They held signs quoting pleas of Palestinian Christians and calling for peace in Israel-Palestine.
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Jun 24, 2024 | 
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[Episcopal News Service – Louisville, Kentucky] The House of Deputies’ Social Justice & International Policy Committee met June 24 to discuss resolutions heard in the House of Bishops the previous day and resolutions still pending on the bishops’ legislative calendar. Committee members’ discussion focused primarily on the four of seven resolutions related to the long-standing conflict in the Holy Land and the more recent war between Israel and Hamas, resolutions that bishops struck down.
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Jun 23, 2024 | 
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[Episcopal News Service – Louisville, Kentucky] After hearty debate and three amendments, the House of Bishops passed Resolution D013, condemning both Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel and Israel’s retaliation against Hamas in Gaza. The resolution also asserts that peace can only come from a two-state solution to the conflict. Los Angeles Bishop John Taylor, its author, explained the resolution was carefully crafted in consultation with the Office of Government Relations and progressive Jewish groups.
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Jun 23, 2024 | 
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[Episcopal News Service – Louisville, Kentucky] “This is a kairos moment,” Kansas Bishop Cathleen Bascom told the House of Bishops as she presented three resolutions coming out of the committee for environmental stewardship & care of creation. All three – A021, creating a Care of Creation loan program; D030, creating a Task Force on Creation Healing as Christian Ministry; and B002, creating eco-region networks – passed the House of Bishops.
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Jul 13, 2023 | 
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Editor's note: This story, originally published by Episcopal News Service, is part of "Growing a Green Church," an ongoing series focused on churches' efforts to steward their buildings and land effectively in the context of a changing climate. The project is produced in collaboration with The Christian Century, Episcopal News Service, Faithfully Magazine, National Catholic Reporter and Sojourners, with support from the Solutions Journalism Network and funding from the Fetzer Institute.
