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Layan Nasir, a member of St. Peter’s Anglican Church in the occupied West Bank city of Birzeit, is under administrative arrest by Israel. Photo: post on X [Episcopal News Service] Layan Nasir, a 23-year-old Palestinian Anglican woman, continues to be held in administrative detention without charge by Israel after her arrest in early April, according…

[World Council of Churches] On behalf of the World Council of Churches, its general secretary, the Rev. Jerry Pillay, expressed solidarity with the people of Kanaky New Caledonia, a group of islands about 900 miles east of Australia, as they cope with tension and blockades that have brought shortages of food, healthcare and essential services….

[Anglican Church of Canada] A new prayer resource published by the Anglican Church of Canada,  Pray Without Ceasing, invites Anglicans to deepen their faith, join with the wider church in prayer and maintain formative patterns in the rhythm of spiritual life. Pray Without Ceasing transforms the Daily Office from the Book of Alternative Services (which…

Michigan Bishop Bonnie A. Perry blessed a saw during a press conference about turning a new program to turn guns into art at St. David’s Episcopal Church in Southfield. Photo: Diocese of Michigan [Diocese of Michigan] Alarmed by rising levels of gun violence, Episcopal leaders from across metropolitan Detroit announced a first-ever campaign to take…

[Scottish Episcopal Church] On the final day of General Synod 2024, June 15, at St. Paul’s & St. George’s Episcopal Church in Edinburgh, business was dominated by debate over Israel-Palestine. During debate, Synod members agreed to three items on the matter: Welcome and affirm the recent statement of the College of Bishops calling for a ceasefire in…

Three priests have declared candidacies for House of Deputies vice president. They are, from left, the Rev. Charles Graves IV, the Rev. Ruth Meyers and the Rev. Steve Pankey. [Episcopal News Service] The three declared candidates for House of Deputies vice president, in a June 15 online forum, addressed topics ranging from contemporary challenges The…

[Episcopal News Service] The Rt. Rev. John Howard, who retired in October as bishop of the Diocese of Florida, has been ordered to face a disciplinary hearing on allegations of anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination and unidentified financial impropriety during his 20-year tenure as a diocesan bishop. The two separate cases are pending against Howard under The Episcopal…

[World Council of Churches] June 15 marked the 109th anniversary of the Syriac-Aramaic genocide, in which over half a million Syriac-Aramaic Christians are estimated to have lost their lives in 1915. World Council of Churches general secretary the Rev. Jerry Pillay said that this event is distinct and separate from the Armenian genocide, even though…

[Lambeth Palace] Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby on June 14 issued the following statement on the war in Sudan. “The profoundly suffering people of Sudan continue to be in my prayers with each passing day. Following the return of the Bishops of Leeds and Bradford from the country last week, I am again in mourning for…

St. Anna’s Episcopal Church in New Orleans, Louisiana, hosted its third annual Pride Mass on June 13, 2024. Louisiana Bishop Shannon Duckworth celebrated. The Very Rev. Tommy Dillon, rector of St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church in Baton Rouge and dean of the Baton Rouge deanery, preached. Photo: Tommy Dillon [Episcopal News Service] In celebration of Pride…