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[Episcopal News Service] The Rev. Elizabeth “Libby” Berman was elected the sixth bishop of the Diocese of Hawai‘i on May 16 at the ‘Iolani School in Honolulu on O‘ahu. Berman was elected on the second ballot after the first ballot was canceled due to technical issues. The election required a majority of votes in both…

[World Council of Churches] The Rev. Jerry Pillay, general secretary of the World Council of Churches, released a statement May 18 calling for an end to “unconscionable” violence in response to Russia launching drone and missile strikes in Ukraine. “Impacts on civilians and their communities continue to escalate on almost daily basis, without respite or…

[Episcopal News Service] The Diocese of Northwestern Pennsylvania Standing Committee announced May 15 that the diocese’s bishop search committee had released a slate of two candidates for the diocese’s ninth bishop.  The elected candidate will succeed Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe, who resigned as Northwestern Pennsylvania’s bishop in 2024 after he was elected and confirmed as…

Episcopal churches throughout the Diocese of Northern Michigan are marking the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives as a monthlong observance by displaying red dresses in May. Each participating parish will display dresses outside and inside the parish. Photo: Diocese of Northern Michigan/Facebook [Episcopal News Service] Episcopal churches throughout…

[Episcopal News Service] Trinity Episcopal Church’s experimentations with intergenerational worship started in 2024 after a simple decision. The Sunday nursery at the church in Kirksville, Missouri, was getting too crowded and chaotic, so the congregation decided that children ages 7 and older would join their parents in the pews during worship services. The Rev. Carrol…

[Episcopal News Service] Several church leaders in the Diocese of Haiti are headed to trial in a weapons trafficking case, after an appeals court in the Caribbean island country reversed a lower court ruling that had dismissed the charges. The latest developments in the ongoing criminal case create new uncertainty for a diocese that has…

[Diocese of Southern Ohio] The Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio gives thanks for the life and ministry of its ninth bishop diocesan, the Rt. Rev. Thomas E. Breidenthal, who died May 14 surrounded by his family. He was 75. Elected bishop in 2006 and consecrated the following year, Breidenthal served the Diocese of Southern Ohio…

[Church of England] The good news of Christ needs to be shared, Pope Leo said in a May 14 video message marking the start of the worldwide Thy Kingdom Come prayer movement for more people to come to know Jesus. Christ is “everything” for us and in him we find fullness of life and its…

Bunk beds at the shelter for unhoused people inside St. Paul’s By-the-Sea Episcopal Church in Ocean City, Maryland. Photo: Courtesy of Jill Williams [Episcopal News Service] Nearly six weeks after St. Paul’s by-the-Sea Episcopal Church in downtown Ocean City, Maryland, opened its overnight shelter for unhoused people inside its building, city officials charged the parish…

[Episcopal News Service] When the Rev. Chris Corbin looks at The Episcopal Church’s membership and attendance numbers, he sees bright spots. Corbin, a priest in the Diocese of Wisconsin, has launched a project with backing from Forward Movement called the Growing Episcopal Churches Study. In it, he already has obtained survey responses from hundreds of…