The United Church of Christ endorses ending all discrimination "relating to sexual or affectional preference."

Jan.

Volume one of The Torah: A Modern Commentary is published by the Union of American Hebrew Congregations (Reform).

17 Jan.

A joint session of the Pacific Association of Reform Rabbis and the Western States Region of the Rabbinical Assembly (Conservative) asks the government of Israel to allow Reform and Conservative rabbis to perform ceremonies for "life-cycle occasions" in the Jewish state.

12 Feb.

The National Council of Catholic Bishops approves a "New American Sunday Missal."

14 Sept.

Pope Paul VI canonizes Mother Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton. She is the first saint born in the United States.

11 Oct.

The Central Conference of American Rabbis (Reform) issues a new prayer book, The Gates of Prayer: the New Union Prayer Book. It incorporates a genderneutral vocabulary.