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[World Council of Churches] World Council of Churches general secretary the Rev. Jerry Pillay expressed grave concern over the recent escalation of violence in the Middle East. “The situation has deteriorated significantly following the attack on Golan Heights, the subsequent Israeli attack in Beirut, and the assassination in Tehran on July 30,” he said. “These…

Firefighters work to control the Park Fire on July 28 along Highway 32, near Jonesville, California. The wildfire, the fifth-largest ever in the state’s history, was started on July 24. Photo: Fred Greaves/REUTERS [Episcopal News Service] The Episcopal Diocese of Northern California is reaching out to help people impacted by the Park Fire, which in just…

Demonstrators held a banner reading “Let’s go with the truth and without violence,” as they gathered in Caracas July 30 to protest election results that awarded Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro a third term. Photo: Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/REUTERS [Episcopal News Service] The Episcopal Church pledged its support for Venezuelans following the disputed reelection of President Nicolás…

[Religion News Service] For the more than 11,040 athletes from more than 200 countries in Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics, the games are not just one of the most physically intense moments of their lives, but psychologically intense as well, as years of training and hoping may be realized or lost in mere moments. It’s…

[Episcopal News Service] Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has criticized the July 29 decision by an Israeli military court to continue to detain Layan Nasir, calling it an “egregious state of affairs,” according to a July 30 statement from the Lambeth Palace Press Office. Nasir is a 23-year-old member of St. Peter’s Anglican Church in…

Episcopal Migration Ministries supported the resettlement of a family of five from Colombia in May 2023 through the agency’s first remote placement community partner, Murray Ecumenical Partners, in far western Kentucky. Photo: Episcopal Migration Ministries [Episcopal News Service] Episcopalians across the United States can now serve The Episcopal Church’s biblical mission of welcoming the stranger…

[The Scottish Episcopal Church] The Most Rev. Mark Strange, primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church; the Rev Hamilton Inbadas, convener of the Provincial Global Partnerships Committee; and Mrs. Jane Strange earlier this month undertook a visit to India to explore the historic links between the Scottish Episcopal Church and its mission partners, re-affirming the enduring…

[Anglican Communion News Service] The secretary general of the Anglican Communion, the Rt. Rev. Anthony Poggo, has visited his former home and diocese of Kajo Keji in the Episcopal Church of South Sudan, to encourage a church that’s rebuilding a community traumatized and displaced by civil war. Hosted by the Rt. Rev. James Lule, the bishop…

The Rt. Rev. Edward R. Wells II, retired bishop of West Missouri, leads the ceremony of laying on of hands as one of four bishops who ordained 11 women to the priesthood on July 29, 1974. Photo: Archives of The Episcopal Church [Episcopal News Service] Churches on July 28 marked the 50th anniversary of the…

The Rt. Rev. David Earle Bailey served as bishop of Navajoland Area Mission between 2010 and 2023. Photo: Mark Lattime/Facebook [Episcopal News Service] Former Navajoland Area Mission Bishop David Earle Bailey, 84, passed away on July 28, according to an announcement from the Episcopal Church in Navajoland’s official Facebook account. “It is with great sadness…