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Early May 22 at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., seen in this file photo, House Republicans advanced legislation containing a broad range of domestic policy measures favored by President Donald Trump. It now goes to the Senate. Photo: David Paulsen/Episcopal News Service [Episcopal News Service] The Episcopal Church, though its General Convention resolutions, has…

[Episcopal News Service] The U.S. Supreme Court deadlocked, 4-4, on May 22 in the case of a Roman Catholic school seeking to receive public funding, a decision that effectively blocked Oklahoma from creating what could have become the nation’s first religious charter school. The outcome at the court was supported by Episcopal leaders, including the…

[Episcopal News Service] Washington Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde and the Very Rev. Randolph Marshall Hollerith, dean of Washington National Cathedral, issued a joint statement May 22 offering condolences to the Jewish community and to the families and friends of the two Israeli Embassy staff members who were shot and killed on May 21 outside the…

[Anglican Church of Canada] The Anglican Church of Canada’s acting primate, the Most Rev. Anne Germond, and the national bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, the Rev. Susan Johnson, have asked Prime Minster Mark Carney to use the country’s diplomatic tools to push for an immediate flow of life-saving food, water, aid, fuel…

Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe speaks May 21 during a Religion News Service webinar on lawsuits contesting Trump administration immigration policies. [Episcopal News Service] Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe defended The Episcopal Church’s decision to end its federal contract rather than help the Trump administration resettle white South Africans in the United States, saying in…

Billboards around Dayton, Ohio, advertise the prayer gatherings hosted by Christ Episcopal Church during the upcoming NATO Parliamentary Assembly that is taking place May 22–26 in the city. Photo: Christ Church Facebook [Episcopal News Service] Christ Episcopal Church in Dayton, Ohio, will host “Sanctuary for Peace” prayer gatherings during the May 22–26 session of the…

[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…

Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe visited the Joel Nafuma Refugee Center at St. Paul’s Within the Walls Episcopal Church in Rome, Italy, on May 19. To his right is the Rev. John W. Kilgore, St. Paul’s interim priest, and to his left is Giulia Bonaldi, the center’s director. Photo: Lynette Wilson/Episcopal News Service [Episcopal News Service…

[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…

[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…