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[Anglican Communion News Service] The Rt. Rev. Anthony Poggo, secretary general of the Anglican Communion, travelled to South Korea to celebrate the 40th anniversary of cooperation between the Anglican Church of Korea and the Anglican Church in Japan (Nippon Sei Ko Kai). Bishops from both provinces are participating in the celebrations, starting with events held in…

[World Council of Churches] Gracia Violeta Ross, World Council of Churches  program executive for HIV, reproductive health and pandemics, shared insights with a Bogotá, Colombia, workshop entitled, “The role of self-care interventions to reduce maternal mortality in the Latin America and the Caribbean region.” The workshop, which took place Oct. 23-25, was organized by the…

Elders from the Northern Cheyenne Tribe in southeastern Montana listen to speakers during a session for survivors of government-sponsored Native American boarding schools, in Bozeman on Nov. 5, 2023. Photo: Matthew Brown/AP [Episcopal News Service] Episcopal leaders welcomed President Joe Biden’s Oct. 25 formal apology to Indigenous peoples over the federal government’s 150-year involvement in…

[World Council of Churches] The World Council of Churches Ecumenical Indigenous Peoples Network Reference Group convened for the first time in person at the WCC Ecumenical Institute at Bossey from 12-13 Oct. 12-13 to plan the work ahead.  The main objectives were to build community and begin to shape plans and priorities.  A part of…

The Episcopal Church’s Office of African Descent Ministries’ “Healing from Internalized Oppression” curriculum teaches participants about institutional, interpersonal and internal oppression from a Christian perspective. Photo: African Descent Ministries [Episcopal News Service] Five years after The Episcopal Church’s Office of African Descent Ministries began offering its popular “Healing from Internalized Oppression” curriculum for Black people,…

The University of the South’s School of Theology in Sewanee, Tennessee, hosted a webinar, called “Churches and Climate Change After Helene,” on Oct. 23, 2024, to address how churches and communities can respond to climate change in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. Photo: Screenshot [Episcopal News Service] Hurricane Helene’s unprecedented destruction upon inland communities throughout…

[Diocese of Los Angeles] National CORE, a nonprofit affordable housing developer, honored the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles as “Community Partner of the Year” last week for its commitment to affordable housing, and the goal to build affordable housing on 25% of church properties throughout the diocese, set by Bishop John Harvey Taylor. “Housing is…

[Episcopal News Service] The United Nations is three days into its annual biodiversity conference, and The Episcopal Church is participating for the first time as an observer organization. Three Episcopalians – Colombia Bishop Elías García Cárdenas, Kansas Bishop Cathleen Bascom and the Rev. Luis Fernando López Chicaiza, a priest at Parroquia Episcopal Trinity Church in…

[Episcopal News Service] The rector of an Episcopal church in St. Augustine, Florida, was the victim of a stabbing attack Oct. 23 that has left him hospitalized, the Diocese of Florida said in a written statement on the attack. The Rev. Matt Marino, rector of Trinity Episcopal Church, was having coffee in the city’s downtown…

Children serve as acolytes at the Feb. 11, 2024, celebration of the Lunar New Year at Church of Our Saviour, San Gabriel, California. Photo: Janet Kawamoto [Episcopal News Service] Five Episcopal dioceses, a parish and a seminary have received grants of more than $1 million each through the Lilly Endowment Nurturing Children Through Worship and…