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In a landmark ruling that could have national implications, the California Supreme Court on January 5 upheld an earlier court decision that buildings and property do not belong to dissident congregations but to the Diocese of Los Angeles and the general Episcopal Church

Israel's ten-day military operation in the Palestinian-controlled Gaza Strip was stepped up with a ground assault January 3 amid renewed calls from religious and political leaders for an end to the violence that has claimed more than 500 lives

The California Supreme Court has agreed with a state Court of Appeal ruling in favor of the Episcopal Church and the Diocese of Los Angeles in cases where the majority of members of three Episcopal congregations voted to leave the Episcopal Church for oversight by bishops in another Anglican province

Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, in his New Year Message delivered on BBC television on January 1, questioned the importance placed on material wealth, and emphasized the need to "turn outwards" and appreciate the treasure

As Gaza endures violence between the forces of Hamas and those of Israel, Episcopal Life Daily bulletin inserts for January 4 feature a statement from leaders of Christian churches in the Holy Land calling for a peaceful resolution to the conflict

Following a recent upsurge in violence in the Palestinian Territory of Gaza, Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori and other religious leaders have called for an end to the repeated rocket attacks from Palestinian militants and the continuing Israeli air strikes that are contributing to a severe humanitarian crisis in the world's most densely populated region

In his Christmas sermon at Canterbury Cathedral on December 25, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams said that one of the lessons of the coming of Christ is that people shouldn't waste time waiting for larger-than-life heroes to bring comprehensive and total solutions to the ills of the world

Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori concluded a three-day visit to military chaplaincies in the Washington, D.C., area with a December 23 trip to the Pentagon.

The annual report of the work accomplished through the Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society budget in 2008, is now available here on the internet.

The peaceful images evoked by the Christmas carol "O Little Town of Bethlehem" have not always reflected the current reality in the birthplace of Jesus but this year there are reasons for hope.

Anne Rudig, an Episcopalian from the Diocese of Southern Ohio, will become the director of the Episcopal Church's Office of Communication in January

The Episcopal Church's Executive Council is about to begin a "serious and extensive" three-year study of the United Thank Offering (UTO), the organization that has helped the church expand its mission for the last 120 years by making grants to ministries that address human needs

New leadership, both lay and ordained, a new episcopal presence and a new priest highlighted the Diocese of Pittsburgh's special convention December 12

Human beings, left to themselves, have imagined God in all sorts of shapes; but - although there were one or two instances, in Ancient Greece and Ancient Egypt, of gods being pictured as boys - it took Christianity to introduce the world to the idea of God in the form of a baby: in the form of complete dependence and fragility, without power or control.

More than 50 Anglicans and Episcopalians were among 1,400 participants attending the All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC) general assembly in Mozambique, adding their voices to those of ecumenical partners addressing issues of justice, liberation and human rights throughout the African continent.

The Diocese of Puerto Rico has made a three-year commitment to Episcopal Relief and Development (ERD) to contribute a total of $300,000 to the organization in support of the Millennium Development Goals Inspiration Fund

The world settles into winter, at least in the northern hemisphere, and life to many seems increasingly bleak. Foreclosures, layoffs, government bailouts and financial failures, continuing war on two fronts

As Christmas Day approaches, Episcopal Life Weekly bulletin inserts for December 21, the fourth Sunday of Advent, will carry a Christmas message to the Church from Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori reflecting on the light of the Incarnation and the Christian's responsibility to carry that light into the world.

Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori said December 5 that she had accepted Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth Bishop Jack Iker's renunciation of his orders in the Episcopal Church.