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[Diocese of Maryland] Maryland Bishop Carrie Schofield-Broadbent joined her ecumenical colleagues in Baltimore in issuing the following statement on Jan. 30.  Speaking with One Voice As faith leaders representing diverse traditions across Maryland, we are deeply troubled by the rising levels of violence and fear connected to immigration enforcement throughout the country. Recent events have…

Heidi Kim, the Episcopal Coalition for Racial Equity and Justice’s first executive director, has broad experience as a nonprofit leader in organizational development, capacity building and communication, and in working for the church. [Episcopal News Service] The Coalition for Racial Equity and Justice, an association of Episcopalians and Episcopal entities dedicated to addressing racial healing…

As federal immigration raids continue in New York, New York, Episcopalians are supporting the city’s 3.1 million immigrants in different ways, like a recent pop-up legal clinic at St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church in Manhattan. Others have been protesting in rallies, like this Jan. 24 anti-immigration enforcement gathering at Union Square. Photo: Gabriele Holtermann/AP [Episcopal News…

The Rt. Rev. Melissa Skelton blesses three of eight new stained-glass windows centered on the stories of women in the Bible at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Medina, Washington, on Jan. 25. Photo: Jennifer Winter Photography [Episcopal News Service] Eight new stained-glass windows that feature women of the Bible were blessed during the Sunday service Jan….

[Diocese of Long Island] The Garden City, New York-based Diocese of Long Island’s Joint Oversight Committee announced on Jan. 28 a slate of three candidates to stand for election as the ninth bishop of Long Island. The candidates are: The Very Rev. Hickman Alexandre, vicar of St. James Episcopal Church in Brookhaven, New York. The…

[World Council of Churches] The number of femicides reached a record high in Brazil in 2025: 1,470 cases were recorded from January to December, according to data from the Ministry of Justice and Public Security. This total surpasses the 1,464 cases recorded in 2024, the highest number until then. Official femicide records indicate that, on…

[Religion News Service — Nairobi, Kenya] After it was converted into a paramilitary base, its pews chopped into firewood by soldiers and its compound turned into a graveyard, All Saints Cathedral in Khartoum, the war-ravaged Sudanese capital, is rising again. In October, the cathedral, the seat of the Church of Sudan, a member of the Anglican…

An exhibit panel featuring Absalom Jones (left) and Richard Allen sits in the back of a truck after being removed from the President’s House on Jan. 22, 2026, in Philadelphia. Photo: RNS/Mijuel Johnson [Religion News Service] Religious leaders are among those objecting to the National Park Service’s removal of a historic exhibit about slavery located steps…

[Scottish Episcopal Church] The co-chairs of the Porvoo Communion, a communion of 15 Anglican and Evangelical Lutheran churches in Europe, including the Scottish Episcopal Church, have signed a statement in support of the people of Greenland during these tense and anxious days. The Church of Greenland is part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Denmark and…

A volunteer unloads cases of fresh fruit in the parish hall of St. Nicholas Episcopal Church in Richfield, Minnesota, for patrons of the church’s Casa Maria food pantry ministry. Demand for food has increased by more than fivefold after aggressive immigration activities have taken place in the Minneapolis suburb. Photo: Facebook [Episcopal News Service] Casa…