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[World Council of Churches] World Council of Churches leaders met on Nov. 20 with Duan Yijun, vice minister of the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee and director general of the National Religious Affairs Administration in China. The vice minister offered a heartfelt welcome to the WCC as a sign of strong,…

[Diocese of Southwestern Virginia] The Diocese of Southwestern Virginia Standing Committee on Nov. 21 announced a slate of four candidates to serve as the diocese’s seventh bishop diocesan. The candidates are: The Rev. Paul Canady, rector of Christ Episcopal Church, New Bern, North Carolina, in the Diocese of East Carolina. The Rev. Karin MacPhail, rector…

Mothers train to become at-home therapists for their children with disabilities at the Diocese of Jerusalem’s Princess Basma Center. [Episcopal News Service] The Diocese of New Jersey, at its diocesan convention on Nov. 21, announced that it was giving $1 million to the Diocese of Jerusalem to support the Anglican diocese’s medical ministries in Gaza…

Trinity Church Wall Street in New York. Photo: Religion News Service [Religion News Service] The Episcopal bishop of New York’s plan to solve the financial woes of his diocese involves having one of the wealthiest churches in the country pay for it. But leaders at Trinity Church Wall Street are balking, saying the new funding…

[Diocese of Los Angeles] The Rt. Rev. Chester Lovelle Talton, retired bishop suffragan of the Diocese of Los Angeles who later served as bishop provisional of the Fresno-based Diocese of San Joaquin, died Nov. 20 at his Altadena home with loved ones at his side. He was 84 and had been in declining health after…

[Episcopal News Service] The Diocese of Florida Standing Committee released a statement Nov. 19 seeking to provide greater clarity on the diocese’s prohibitions against discrimination and its accommodations for all couples seeking to marry, “regardless of sex or gender.” The lengthy statement, issued during an ongoing bishop search, says the standing committee intends to prepare…

Washington National Cathedral hosts the funeral of former Vice President Dick Cheney, as seen on the livestream. [Episcopal News Service] Family, friends, colleagues and all living former vice presidents gathered Nov. 20 to pay tribute to the life of former Vice President Dick Cheney, whose funeral was held at Washington National Cathedral, the iconic Episcopal…

Former Nebraska Bishop Joe Goodwin Burnett. Photo: School of Theology at the University of the South/Facebook [Episcopal News Service] The Rt. Rev. Joe Goodwin Burnett, who was bishop of Nebraska from 2003 to 2011, died on Nov. 14 in Atlanta, Georgia. He was 77. “Bishop Burnett is remembered as a pastor who came to deeply…

A candlelight vigil at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Louisville, Kentucky, memorializes transgender individuals who’ve been targeted or murdered for being who they are. Nov. 20, 2023. Photo: John Nation [Episcopal News Service] On Nov. 20, Episcopal churches nationwide will observe Transgender Day of Remembrance by holding special worship services and prayer vigils to memorialize…

Editor’s note: The bishops issued the following statement in advance of the planned execution of Harold Wayne Nichols on Dec. 11. [Dioceses of Tennessee, East Tennessee and West Tennessee]  Since the 1958 General Convention of The Episcopal Church, our church has consistently called for an end to the death penalty. In 1979, 1991, 2000, 2015,…