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[Episcopal News Service] Easton Bishop Santosh Marray announced in a Nov. 15 letter to his Maryland diocese that he plans to retire in 2026, setting in motion the process for calling his successor. Marray was elected bishop in 2016 of Easton. At that time, he was serving as an assistant bishop in the Diocese of…

[Episcopal News Service] There is a largely unspoken tension between parents and their adult children in many Episcopal families. It’s not about politics or even theology, at least directly. It’s about the point of going to church. “And it’s not because the church abused them in some way, but that their cohorts don’t seem to…

[Melbourne Anglican] The Anglican Diocese of Melbourne, Australia, has joined calls for the 1915–1923 Armenian, Assyrian and Greek genocides to be recognized by the Victoria government. More than 3 million Armenian, Assyrian/Syriac and Greek Orthodox Christians suffered from the systematic mass murder, expulsion and forced conversion beginning on April, 24, 1915. In a letter to the…

[World Council of Churches] The Rt. Rev. Julio Murray, bishop of the Anglican Church in Panama, was one of several faith leaders who led a side event at COP29 that addressed the non-economic impacts of climate change. The event, “Exploring Non-Economic Impacts of Climate Change: Faith-Based Insights on Loss and Damage,” was one of two…

Members of All Saints, Hadley, Massachusetts, created a pollinator garden after taking part in the initial pilot project of An Episcopal Path to Creation Justice. Photo: Rachel Field [Episcopal News Service] A congregation that wants to be engaged in creation care has many things it can do – pollinator gardens, solar panels, energy audits, legislative…

The Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina’s three historically Black churches in Charleston gathered to worship together for the first time ever on Nov. 10, 2024, for a service of lament and repentance over The Episcopal Church’s complicity in the transatlantic slave trade. Photo: Courtesy of Michael Shaffer [Episcopal News Service] The three historically Black Episcopal…

[World Council of Churches] The World Council of Churches Commission on Young People in the Ecumenical Movement has convened in Manila, Philippines, marking the start of its first in-person meeting since its formation. The Nov. 13-19 gathering intends to unite young ecumenical leaders from around the globe in the mission to amplify youth voices, address…

The former Church of the Blessed Sacrament in Green Bay, Wisconsin, will become the new home of Amanda’s House, where women in recovery and their families can find safe haven and support. Photo: Diocese of Wisconsin [Diocese of Wisconsin] The Episcopal Diocese of Wisconsin, in a demonstration of faith, community and transformation,  has given a former…

[World Council of Churches] At COP29, religious leaders are emphasizing the need to care for the creation that God made, and to safeguard the most vulnerable who have contributed the least to climate change—yet face its worst impacts. “God calls us to take good care of the divine gifts of land, water, and other resources,”…

[Religion News Service] Trauma-informed care is a growing movement across the world, and in the past decade, spiritual directors have increasingly used its methods to deal with clients who suffer from religious trauma and spiritual abuse. Seminaries are now including trauma-informed care as part of their clinical pastoral education programs, and religious leaders in more progressive denominations say…