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Workshop offers insights on self-care interventions to reduce maternal mortality
[World Council of Churches] Gracia Violeta Ross, World Council of Churches program executive for HIV, reproductive health and pandemics, shared insights with a Bogotá, Colombia, workshop entitled, “The role of self-care interventions to reduce maternal mortality in the Latin America and the Caribbean region.” The workshop, which took place Oct. 23-25, was organized by the…
Armed forces bishop to preach Veterans Day sermon livestreamed from Dallas
U.S. military veterans attended St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church’s annual Veterans Day worship service in November 2023. Photo: Louis Deluca [Episcopal News Service] St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church in Dallas, Texas, will host its annual livestreamed Veterans Day worship service on Sunday, Nov. 10, at 5:30 p.m. Central. The Rt. Rev….
Archbishop of Canterbury criticizes Israel’s renewed detention of Layan Nasir
[Episcopal News Service] Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has criticized the July 29 decision by an Israeli military court to continue to detain Layan Nasir, calling it an “egregious state of affairs,” according to a July 30 statement from the Lambeth Palace Press Office. Nasir is a 23-year-old member of St. Peter’s Anglican Church in…
Bishops oppose General Seminary’s long-term lease with choral music school over LGBTQ+ inclusion concerns
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At Anglican bishops’ conference of Southern Africa, WCC moderator reflects on church unity, the world
[World Council of Churches] In a speech before the Anglican Bishops’ Conference of Southern Africa, World Council of Churches moderator the Rev. Heinrich Bedford-Strohm reflected on “Salt of the earth and light of the world: Unity of the church as a sign for unity in the world.” He noted that South Africa will hold elections this…
