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The Rev. Russ Levenson, rector of St. Martin’s Episcopal Church in Houston, Texas, will retire this month after celebrating his final services May 5 at St. Martin’s, the largest congregation in The Episcopal Church. Photo: St. Martin’s Episcopal Church [Episcopal News Service] The Rev. Russ Levenson was packing boxes when Episcopal News Service reached him…

Idaho Episcopalian Ronald Braman, a member of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe, spoke during the 23rd annual United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, April 15-26, 2024, to address the high number of missing and murdered Indigenous people in the United States. Photo: Misse Chapman Skinner [Episcopal News Service] A two-member Episcopal delegation attended the 23rd…

[Religion News Service — Charlotte, North Carolina] United Methodist delegates adopted a revised definition of marriage on May 2 at their quadrennial meeting called the General Conference and deleted from their rule book a condemnation of homosexuality that has riven the denomination for 52 years. The afternoon actions on the floor of the Charlotte Convention Center…

[World Council of Churches] The latest issue of Current Dialogue, the journal of the World Council of Churches on interreligious dialogue and cooperation, takes as its theme “Gender Justice and Interreligious Relations.” “The struggle for gender justice has become a cornerstone of liberative and transformative practice within and across religious communities,” writes interim editor the…

[World Council of Churches] The World Council of Churches Commission on Education and Ecumenical Formation held its second meeting on May 2, focusing on the relevance of theological education for churches and the ecumenical movement. Some 30 commissioners gathered online to reflect on questions related to the place given to theological education and ecumenical formation…

Israeli soldiers on May 1 stand by a gate in the fence of Erez Crossing, amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas. Photo: Reuters [Episcopal News Service] Dozens of Episcopalians and representatives from The Episcopal Church’s ecumenical and interfaith partners testified at three separate online hearings about the…

Demonstrators gather on the UCLA campus, after nighttime clashes between pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian groups, Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in Los Angeles. Photo: Jae C. Hong/AP [Episcopal News Service] Pro-Palestinian protest encampments on dozens of college campuses nationwide have led to violent clashes, more than 2,000 arrests, expulsions, suspensions and the cancellation of classes and commencement…

From left, the Rt. Rev. Matthias Clement Tze-wo Der, bishop of Hong Kong Island, and the Most Rev. Titus Chung Khiam Boon, archbishop of South East Asia and bishop of Singapore, walk ahead with an interpreter after leaving the Basilica di Santa Maria in Trastevere as part of the Primates’ Meeting pilgrimage in Rome. Photo:…

[Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina] Since the sale of Diocesan House at 200 West Morgan Street in September 2023, the Rt. Rev. Sam Rodman and the Rt. Rev. Jennifer Brooke-Davidson formed, and have been working with, a diocesanwide task force to discern the appropriate use of the $8.8 million net proceeds from the sale, currently held in…

[Office the Archbishop of Canterbury] Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby on April 30 signed the “Rome Call for AI ethics” at a ceremony in Rome. The document calls for the ethical development of Artificial Intelligence that serves humanity rather than profit and resists the gradual replacement of people in the workplace, as well as a…