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[World Council of Churches] An Armenian Heritage Conference opened in Bern, Switzerland, on May 27 to address the consequences of the conflict in Artsakh/Nagorno Karabakh with regard to the protection of Armenian religious and cultural heritage, the human rights of its people and the future security of the Armenian nation. During an opening prayer and…

Every year, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Kansas City, Missouri, hosts the Dioceses of Kansas and West Missouri’s annual Diocesan Mass as part of the Kansas City PrideFest during Pride Month in June. After Mass, members of the dioceses march in the Pride parade in solidarity and celebration of LGBTQ+ people. Photo: Diocese of Kansas…

Diocese of New Jersey Archdeacon Ted Foley asks for calm from the crowd at the May 28 Toms River Town Council meeting as two police officers await directions on whether to remove him from the room. Photo: Mary Frances Schjonberg/Episcopal News Service [Episcopal News Service – Toms River, New Jersey] Christ Episcopal Church’s plan to…

During the May 23-24, 2025, pilgrimage to the Sand Creek Massacre site – co-sponsored by the Episcopal Church in Colorado – Fred Mosqueda, a Southern Arapaho tribal elder whose great-great grandfather survived the surprise attack, told stories of survivors that have been passed down through generations. On Nov. 29, 1864, U.S. Army soldiers killed at…

[Church of England] The membership of the Canterbury Crown Nominations Commission is now complete with the appointment of representatives from the Diocese of Canterbury. The Canterbury diocesan representatives were appointed on May 25 following the conclusion of the Canterbury Vacancy in See process. They are the Rev. Estella Last, David Berry and Sally-Ann Marks. The…

Members of St. Anne’s Episcopal Church and the Annapolis, Maryland, community attend a May 4 dedication of the congregation’s Garden of Peace and Remembrance at its historic cemetery. Photo: St. Anne’s Episcopal Church [Episcopal News Service] An Episcopal church in Annapolis, Maryland, has dedicated a new Garden of Peace and Remembrance in the congregation’s historic…

[Anglican Church of Canada] Sacred Circle, the main governing body of the Indigenous Anglican church, will continue to give shape to the emerging self-governing institution when it meets Aug. 5-10 in Calgary, Alberta. National Indigenous Archbishop Chris Harper says key topics will include working out the procedural structures needed to put its founding documents, Our Way…

[Anglican Communion News Service] The secretary general of the Anglican Communion, the Rt. Rev. Anthony Poggo, has made a visit to the Episcopal/Anglican Diocese of Egypt, one of the four dioceses in the province of Alexandria. He was hosted in Cairo by the Most Rev. Samy Shehata, the bishop of Egypt and archbishop of Alexandria,…

[Episcopal News Service – Toms River, New Jersey] Christ Episcopal Church will have to wait a bit longer for a final decision on its overnight shelter proposal after pointed and divided debate took up the entire May 22 zoning board meeting in this Jersey Shore town. Christ Episcopal Church member Daine Zaraza summarized her feelings…

While Episcopalians were on a May 18-22, 2025, pilgrimage to the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming, they visited the burial site of Sacajawea, the enslaved Lemi Shoshone woman who as a teenage wife and mother was an interpreter and guide during the Corps of Discovery expedition – led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark in…