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Participants at Nuevo Amanecer, taking place June 3-6, 2024, at Kanuga Conference and Retreat Center, took an informal group photo with Presiding Bishop Michael Curry before the start of the June 3 opening worship service. Photo: Shireen Korkzan [Episcopal News Service — Hendersonville, North Carolina] “If it’s not about love,” Presiding Bishop Michael Curry said,…

[Episcopal News Service] The 15% assessment on diocesan revenue is The Episcopal Church’s largest source of funding in the churchwide budget, more than $30 million a year. Six dioceses have asked General Convention to gradually reduce the rate to 10%. Now, those six resolutions have been consolidated by legislative committees into a single sentence, which…

[World Council of Churches] From June 6-11, the World Council of Churches executive committee will meet in Bogota, Colombia, where the governing body will focus not only on the business of the WCC but also on absorbing the life and witness of churches at the heart of the Pilgrimage of Justice, Reconciliation, and Unity. The…

[Anglican Communion News Service] What does it mean for churches to think courageously about science? It’s a question that members of the Anglican Communion Science Commission (ACSC) will discuss in a webinar about science and faith July 3-4. The webinar, entitled “Thinking Courageously about Science and Faith,” will address ways in which faith and science communities…

Members from Jewish, Sikh, Muslim, Jain and Christian faith traditions together light a candle during the “Multifaith Vigil for Peace and Humanity” June 2 at St. John’s Episcopal Church Norwood, in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Photo: YouTube screenshot [Episcopal News Service] St. John’s Episcopal Church Norwood, in Chevy Chase, Maryland, hosted representatives of faith communities for…

[Office of the Archbishop of York] Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell on June 1 and 2 participated in events marking the millennium celebration of Christian law  in Norway. According to the saga recorded by the medieval historian Snorre, Olav Trygvason landed at Moster in 995 following his voyage across the North Sea from England, in…

[World Council of Churches] The 1700th anniversary in 2025 of the first Ecumenical Council of Nicaea is an opportunity to reflect on the significance of the event for Christian unity and for the shaping of European culture, according to the Rev. Charlotte Methuen of the Scottish Episcopal Church. “It marks a point at which Christianity…

[World Council of Churches] On the 90th anniversary of the Barmen Declaration, in which members of Germany’s Confessing Church condemned Nazi incursions in church life, the general secretary of the World Council of Churches has praised it for helping Christians since then combat oppression and injustice. “The Barmen Declaration has served as an inspiration to…

[Episcopal News Service] The canonically mandated retirement age for Episcopal clergy has historically been 72. A proposed resolution to be considered next month by the 81st General Convention would allow priests and deacons to delay their retirements another three years, until age 75. The change would have little practical effect on most priests’ and deacons’…

Burlington, Vermont, School District students tour construction of new facilities on Rock Point on May 29 with (far right) Rock Point Commons board member Alexa Visco. Photo: Kelly Kimball [The Episcopal Diocese of Vermont] The Episcopal Diocese of Vermont has announced that space in two diocesan conference centers soon will be occupied by an additional…