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[Church of England] Attendance at Church of England churches grew for the fourth year in a row last year, preliminary figures show. The overall number of regular worshippers across the Church of England’s congregations grew to 1.02 million in 2024, a rise of 1.2%, according to an early snapshot of the annual Statistics for Mission…

[Anglican Church of Southern Africa] Bishop of Matlosane Stephen Diseko represented the Anglican Church of Southern Africa at the history-making service to ordain 14 women to the transitional diaconate in the Diocese of Botswana. Diseko, who is leading the process of welcoming the Diocese of Botswana back as a member of the Province of the…

[Episcopal News Service] Salvadoran police have detained a lawyer who leads the anti-corruption unit of Cristosal, an Episcopal-affiliated organization committed to defending human rights and promoting democratic rule of law in Central America. The lawyer, Ruth López, was taken into custody around 11 p.m. May 18 by agents of the National Civil Police, and since…

[Episcopal News Service] Church leaders at an Episcopal congregation in suburban Chicago, Illinois, and families with children in the church’s day care program are rallying together after a pickup truck crashed through a wall of the church building on May 16, injuring at least three children who were in a classroom at the time. The afternoon…

[Church of England and the Scottish Episcopal Church] A group of Church of England bishops, as well as the primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, have joined Jewish, Muslim and other Christian leaders in signing a joint letter to Prime Minister Keir Starmer calling for a more compassionate and respectful tone in the national conversation around migration…

Pope Leo XIV arrives in St. Peter’s Square for his May 18 inauguration. The Chicago, Illinois-born Robert Francis Prevost is the first pontiff from the United States. Photo: Michael Kappeler/AP Images Editor’s note: This story will be updated as comments from the Anglican delegates are released. [Episcopal News Service] Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe joined a…

Volunteers fill bags of dry dog and cat food for Pete’s Pet Food Pantry, a ministry of the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd in Buffalo, New York. Photo: Pete’s Pet Food Pantry/Facebook [Episcopal News Service] When the Rev. Lucinda “Pete” Dempsey-Sims was a deacon at the Episcopal Church of the Ascension in Buffalo, New…

Christ Episcopal Church Parish House, built in 1882, would house a 17-bed overnight shelter for people in search of permanent housing. It currently hosts the offices of the Affordable Housing Alliance and the Toms River Housing and Homeless Coalition. The Affordable Housing Alliance would run the shelter. Photo: Mary Frances Schjonberg/Episcopal News Service [Episcopal News…

[Episcopal News Service] The Episcopal Church released a letter May 15 from Southern Africa Archbishop Thabo Makgoba thanking the U.S.-based church for declining the Trump administration’s request to help resettle white South Africans in the United States – a policy that Makgoba said is based on false assumptions about his country. Upon taking office in…

The Rev. Christopher Easthill, rector of St. Augustine of Canterbury Anglican-Episcopal Church in Wiesbaden, Germany, serves as chair of the Council of Churches in Germany. He is the first Episcopal priest to hold that position. Photo: Courtesy of Christopher Easthill [Episcopal News Service] Earlier this year, the Rev. Christopher Easthill, rector of St. Augustine of…