Christmas tree burnings invoke symbol of Jesus as light to the world on Epiphany

[Episcopal News Service] Episcopal bishops are issuing statements calling for peace on Nov. 5, Election Day. Church leaders are planning various prayer vigils in the hours leading up to the polls closing. An ecumenical partnership in North Carolina has responded to this tense campaign season by buying billboard ads promoting unity. And on Nov. 6,…

[Religion News Service — Charlotte, North Carolina] United Methodists meeting for their top legislative assembly May 1 overwhelmingly overturned a measure that barred gay clergy from ordination in the denomination, a historic step for the nation’s second-largest Protestant body. With a simple vote call and without debate, delegates to the General Conference removed the ban on…

[Church of England] In a national online service Feb. 9 that marked the 30th anniversary of Racial Justice Sunday, viewers heard that racial justice reflects “core” Christian values and is “rooted in love.” The bishop of Edmonton, the Rt. Rev. Anderson Jeremiah, led the service, in a broadcast from St. Francis at the Engine Room…

Primate-elect Shane Parker walks to St. Paul’s Cathedral to greet General Synod. Photo: Anglican Church of Canada [Church of Canada General Synod] The Rt. Rev. Shane Parker, bishop of Ottawa, was elected the 15th primate of the Anglican Church of Canada on June 26, 2025, at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, Ontario, during the 44th…

[Episcopal News Service] The Fargo-based Diocese of North Dakota on Aug. 4 announced a slate of four candidates for the diocese’s 12th bishop. They are: The Rev. Lecia Diaz Brannon, director of alumni relations for the Seminary of the Southwest in Austin, Texas; The Very Rev. Shay Craig, dean of Christ Cathedral in Salina, Kansas;…

[Episcopal News Service] The United Nations is three days into its annual biodiversity conference, and The Episcopal Church is participating for the first time as an observer organization. Three Episcopalians – Colombia Bishop Elías García Cárdenas, Kansas Bishop Cathleen Bascom and the Rev. Luis Fernando López Chicaiza, a priest at Parroquia Episcopal Trinity Church in…