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[Episcopal News Service] Creation care, Indigenous ministries and racial justice and reconciliation were among the churchwide priorities emphasized May 16 in testimony on the proposed $143 million budget plan for 2025-27 that will be taken up in June at the 81st General Convention. More than a dozen people testified about the proposed churchwide budget plan…

Bishop John Harvey Taylor and new resident Maggie Nobel, with other dignitaries, cut the ribbon to officially open Santa Angelina Senior Housing Community at Church of the Blessed Sacrament, Placentia, California. Photo: Janet Kawamoto [Diocese of Los Angeles] “Welcome to the Family,” sang the children’s choir – and several hundred state, county, and local faith,…

[World Council of Churches] The KAICIID Global Dialogue Forum took place in Portugal May 14-16 under the theme “Transformative Dialogue: Building Alliances for Peace in a Rapidly Changing World.” KAICIID is an intergovernmental organization bringing religious leaders, policymakers and experts to the dialogue table to find common solutions to shared problems. In the first Global…

[Scottish Episcopal Church] In November 2023, the Preliminary Proceedings Committee of the Scottish Episcopal Church referred to the church’s procurator a number of complaints lodged under Canon 54 against the Rt. Rev. Anne Dyer, bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney. The complaints had been referred to the procurator for further consideration following investigation by the Preliminary Proceedings…

During their May 15 meeting, bishops and deputies on the Prayer Book, Liturgy & Music committees deliberate on how they want to proceed on a proposed resolution regarding the canonical requirement of baptism before receiving Communion. Photo: Zoom screenshot [Episcopal News Service] In a May 15 meeting, bishops and deputies on the Prayer Book, Liturgy…

[World Council of Churches] In a message for churches and people across the globe, the eight World Council of Churches presidents, representing Christians around the world,  shared Pentecost greetings. The feast of Pentecost, which the presidents said “is the descent of the Holy Spirit on the church and the empowerment of its missionary outreach,” is…

[World Council of Churches] World Council of Churches general secretary the Rev. Jerry Pillay, in a May 15 lecture at an Evangelical Church in Germany ecumenical conference, spoke about “The role of anti-racism and the fight against discrimination in the work of the WCC today.” Known by its German initials KÖME, the conference brings together…

During General Convention’s Environmental Stewardship & Care of Creation legislative committees’ May 14, 2024 open hearing, San Joaquin Bishop David Rice and the Rev. Robin Hollis, a deacon in the Diocese of Arizona, discuss proposed resolution A098, “Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation.” The resolution seeks to endorse the proposed global treaty that would complement the Paris Agreement…

An eight-foot-tall obelisk marking the grave of the Rev. Thomas Cain, the first Black priest to serve in the Episcopal Diocese of Texas, will be dedicated on June 1. Photo: Diocese of Texas [Episcopal News Service] New memorial markers honoring the Rev. Thomas Cain, the first Black priest to serve in the Episcopal Diocese of…

[World Council of Churches] During a May 10 global conference held in South Africa, World Council of Churches program director for Public Witness and Diakonia the Rev. Kenneth Mtata shared reflections on the role of the WCC in fostering “just peace” between Palestine and Israel. “Today, the witness of the WCC and the broad ecumenical…