The Very Reverend Katherine Hancock Ragsdale, President and Dean of Episcopal Divinity School, commented, “The Episcopal Divinity School congratulates all 12 appointees to this important body.

The Episcopal diocese of Pittsburgh voted Saturday to cut its ties with the church, affiliating with a conservative Anglican province in South America. Clergy delegates to the diocesan convention voted for departure from the Episcopal Church 121-33, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported.

An organization that promotes separation of church and state has filed complaints with the Internal Revenue Service about political sermons in U.S. pulpits.

Pastors across the United States preached politics from the pulpit, saying they hope to provoke an federal tax investigation that could lead to a lawsuit.

By Sam Hodges, The Dallas Morning News Apr.