Send Middle East peace message to President Bush, EPPN urges
The Episcopal Public Policy Network (EPPN) is urging citizens throughout the United States to write President George W. Bush, ahead of his May 13-18 visit the Middle East, emphasizing the need for "robust diplomatic leadership to create a climate in which negotiations for the establishment of a viable State of Palestine alongside a secure Israel can continue and yield substantive progress."   [More ... ]

Archbishop of Canterbury, Pope Benedict discuss ecumenical, Muslim-Christian relations
His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI held a private meeting with Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams at the Vatican May 5 to discuss ecumenical and Muslim-Christian relations. [More ... ]

Presiding Bishop's Pentecost letter: Gift of Holy Spirit is 'breath of ever-new life'
The "gift of Holy Spirit keeps us lively and moving" as "inspiring breath" in the Body of Christ, Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori writes in her 2008 Pentecost letter to the Episcopal Church.   [More ... ]