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[Anglican Communion News Service] The United Nations estimates there are 258 million widows around the world, and nearly one in ten live in extreme poverty. In some societies and cultures, women whose husbands have died stand to lose much more than the presence and love of their partner, but they could also lose financial provision, assets,…

[Anglican Church of Canada] General Synod has the power to live into God’s purpose for it by following his path even when the outcome is uncertain, the Rt. Rev. Michael Curry, former presiding bishop of The Episcopal Church, said June 23 as delegates in London, Ontario, gathered for opening worship at St. Paul’s Cathedral. An estimated…

The Ven. J. Stannard Baker, a deputy from the Diocese of Vermont and a member of Executive Council, died suddenly on June 23. Photo: Facebook [Episcopal News Service] The Ven. J. Stannard “Stan” Baker, a deacon at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Burlington, Vermont, and the lead plaintiff in Baker v. Vermont, the…

St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church in Bluff, Utah, is one of the churches that make up the Episcopal Church in Navajoland, which includes parts of Utah, Arizona and New Mexico. Photo: St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church [Episcopal News Service – Linthicum Heights, Maryland] The Episcopal Church welcomed its newest diocese on June 24 – the Missionary Diocese…

[Anglican Church of Canada] Anglicans have prepared for the next meeting of General Synod, which is taking place June 23-29 in London, Ontario, in the diocese of Huron, and will include the election of the 15th primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, as well as an update from the primate’s commission on re-imagining the church….

[Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem] The Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem, which includes Anglican Archbishop Hosam Naoum, on June 23 issued the following  statement condemning the June 22 attack on the Mar Elias Greek Orthodox Church in Damascus, Syria, that killed 22 worshipers and injured 63 others. On Sunday, June 22, as more than 150…

[Religion News Service – Vatican City] Before his death on April 21, Pope Francis made it a habit to call the 500 people taking shelter in the Holy Family Church, a Catholic parish in Gaza City, every evening to ask about how they and their supplies were holding up. In early June, the church was briefly…

[Religion News Service] When a group of 59 Afrikaners arrived at Dulles International Airport under the humanitarian designation of “refugee” last month, Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau met them at the airport. There were flags and balloons and a press conference. Since then another group of Afrikaners claiming refugee status arrived at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International…

Chief Finance Officer Christopher Lacovara on June 23 makes his first presentation to Executive Council since he was appointed to the church’s top finance job in March. Photo: David Paulsen/Episcopal News Service [Episcopal News Service – Linthicum Heights, Maryland] The Episcopal Church must remain committed to Christian witness in increasingly troubling times, Presiding Bishop Sean…

The Most Rev. Michael Pham, bishop of the Catholic Diocese of San Diego, center, leads an interfaith group as they stand in the lobby of the Edward J. Schwartz Federal Building to be present during immigration hearings on June 20, 2025, in San Diego, California. Bishop Susan Brown Snook, fourth from left, represented the Episcopal…