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Leaders and members at Christ Episcopal Church in Toms River, New Jersey, have opposed the town mayor’s plan to seize its land. Photo: Mary Frances Schjonberg/Episcopal News Service [Episcopal News Service] Mayor Dan Rodrick of Toms River, New Jersey, has delayed a council vote on his plan to seize an Episcopal church’s property, and he…

[Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles] The Pasadena residence that has housed the last two bishops of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles and their families will be listed for sale next spring, the Standing Committee and Corporation of the Diocese (COTD) has announced. Located in the Chapman Woods neighborhood northeast of San Marino, the one-acre property…

[World Council of Churches] World Council of Churches general secretary the Rev. Jerry Pillay on July 22 expressed deep alarm and sorrow over the recent eruption of violence in the Suweida Governorate of southern Syria, which has led to the death of at least 940 people, widespread injuries, mass displacement, and serious violations of human dignity…

[Anglican Communion News Service] On July 19, the Rt. Rev. Mark Short, bishop of the Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn, was elected the 18th primate of the Anglican Church of Australia. The Board of Electors, consisting of all diocesan bishops, as well as 12 clergy and 12 laity elected by the General Synod of the…

[Episcopal News Service] Saint Augustine’s University in Raleigh, North Carolina, the historically Black college with Episcopal roots that has struggled for years to maintain its long-term viability, has vowed to remain open for the next academic year despite another loss in its accreditation battle. University officials say they will seek a court injunction in response…

Joanne Gwin, one of the petition drive organizers, watches July 21 as Robert and Monica Coughlin sign the petition to rescind the Toms River Council’s eminent domain ordinance aimed at Christ Episcopal Church. Photo: Mary Frances Schjonberg/Episcopal News Service [Episcopal News Service – Toms River, New Jersey] Voters here could ultimately decide the fate of…

[Anglican Communion News Service] Leaders spanning several Christian traditions have called for groups within Israel to stop their destruction of holy sites and civilian lives in the Holy Land. The Most Rev. Hosam Naoum, Anglican archbishop in Jerusalem and primate of the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East, recently shared a statement from the…

[Church in Wales] The Electoral College of the Church in Wales will meet at St. Pierre Church and Hotel in Chepstow on July 29 to choose the 15th archbishop of Wales. The college can take up to three days to elect an archbishop. This election follows the retirement of the bishop of Bangor, the Rt. Rev….

The Council of Nicaea is depicted in a 16th century fresco by Giovanni Guerra and Cesare Nebbia in the Salone Sistino of the Vatican Library. [Episcopal News Service] When some 200 bishops and the hundreds of others who accompanied them arrived at the town of Nicaea in modern-day Turkey in 325, they had before them…

[World Council of Churches] His Beatitude Theophilos III, the Patriarch of Jerusalem, and His Beatitude Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch in Jerusalem, made a pastoral and humanitarian visit to the Gaza Strip on July 18. This visit comes in the wake of repeated assaults on Christian holy sites in Gaza. The visit closely followed the…