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Harvard University

Andover Newton to partner with Yale, shutter Mass. campus

The nation's oldest graduate school of theology is planning to relocate from Newton, Mass., to New Haven, Conn., where a small remnant of the faculty will teach on the campus of Yale Divinity School. On Monday (May 2), Martin Copenhaver, president of Andover Newton Theological School, said he

Massachusetts

King’s lessons still need to be learned, civic leaders say

BOSTON – Boston civic and civil rights leaders of many stripes gathered Monday morning to commemorate the life and work of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., with many suggesting that the Baptist minister would be disappointed with today's politics. From Gov. Charlie Baker and Mayor Marty Walsh to

Faith

Episcopal Church U.S. leader sticks to gay marriage stand

NEW YORK (AP) — Presiding Bishop Michael Curry said Friday the U.S. Episcopal Church will not roll back its acceptance of gay marriage despite sanctions imposed this week by Anglican leaders. In a phone interview from England, where he attended the gathering of top Anglican archbishops, Curry said he told

Faith

Episcopal Church suspended from Anglican Communion

LONDON (RNS) – The Anglican Communion voted to censure its American branch, the Episcopal Church, during a meeting in Canterbury, England, called to reflect on the future of the communion. The vote Thursday (Jan. 14) to suspend the Episcopal Church from voting and decision-making for a period of three years was