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The Rev. James Spencer built two replicas of his St Mary’s parish’s churches out of Lego and found an opportunity to meditate on community outreach in the process. Photo: James Spencer [Anglican Church of Canada] The Rev. James Spencer has been building with Lego since he was eight years old. Today, that lifelong hobby is…

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Parishioners of All Saints Episcopal Church in Chicago, Illinois, gathered at Daley Plaza with more than 30,000 other people for Chicago’s “Hands Off” protest. “Hands Off” is an ongoing series of demonstrations held so far in every U.S. state and some European cities to protest the Trump administration’s policies and billionaire Elon Musk’s involvement with…

Calvary Episcopal Church in Louisiana, Missouri, moved its American flag last month to the rear of the nave next to its columbarium in response to diocese-wide guidance from Missouri Bishop Deon Johnson. Photo: Deb Goldfeder [Episcopal News Service] The American flag still has a place at Calvary Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Missouri, but…

Comunidad de Luz, a migrant shelter for women and children co-established by the Episcopal Diocese of San Diego, features a large kitchen and dining room that will be used for meals and nutrition education classes. The shelter opened in April 2025. Photo: Diocese of San Diego [Episcopal News Service] The Diocese of San Diego in…

A group photo of the delegates to the 18th Anglican Consultative Council held at the Accra Marriott Hotel, Accra, Ghana. Feb. 12-19, 2023. Photo: Neil Turner/Anglican Communion Office [Episcopal News Service] The Anglican Communion may be poised for a reset, at least concerning the archbishop of Canterbury’s leadership role. Two proposals, which will be taken…

Participants in the pilgrimage by members of the Episcopal Church in Alabama stand in front of the museum honoring the Scottsboro Boys, nine African American teenagers falsely accused of raping two women on a train. Photo: Episcopal Church in Alabama [Episcopal Church in Alabama] The Episcopal Church in Alabama, in partnership with The Scottsboro Boys Museum, held…

The home of the Rev. Peter Doddema and his wife Nicole after they had to evacuate by boat from flooding of about 16 feet. Photo: Facebook [Episcopal News Service] The Rev. Peter Doddema is used to having some flood water in his basement. Living just 100 feet from the Kentucky River in Frankfort, Kentucky’s state…

[Sydney Anglicans] “The magnitude of this crisis is overwhelming,” said the Most Rev. Stephen Than, archbishop of the Church of the Province of Myanmar, describing the aftermath of a powerful earthquake that struck six regions across Myanmar in late March. The 7.7-magnitude earthquake, with its epicenter near Mandalay, was also felt in Thailand. It was the strongest…

[World Council of Churches] On the 80th anniversary of the execution of Dietrich Bonhoeffer for his opposition to Hitler, the moderator of the World Council of Churches has paid tribute to the deep faith of the German theologian, saying his life and witness continue to inspire the ecumenical movement. “The South African resistance against apartheid,…