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[Religion News Service] As the security crisis in Haiti continues, the humanitarian aid group Haiti Family Care Network is urging U.S. Christian donors to refrain from worsening the situation by donating to orphanages and to redirect their efforts instead toward initiatives helping parents support their children. “There are actually better ways to care for the needs…

The Rev. Steve Costa, (bottom) archdeacon of the Diocese of Hawai’i, during a May 8 meeting urges the Prayer Book, Liturgy and Music committees to support adding Liliʻuokalani of Hawai’i to the church calendar. Also pictured are the Ven. Stannard Baker (top left), chair of the deputies’ committee, and the Rev. Philip Dinwiddie, timekeeper. Photo:…

[Anglican Communion News Service] A delegation representing young people from across the Anglican Communion is attending the U.N. Civil Society Conference in Nairobi, Kenya May 9-10. The purpose of the conference is to gather civil society ahead of the U.N. Summit of the Future – a major event for world leaders this September about reforming the…

[Religion News Service — Bupoto, Uganda] Residents of this eastern town of Uganda are still in disbelief months after police arrested a 48-year-old pastor accused of hacking his 44-year-old wife to death. “The pastor killed his pregnant wife because he suspected her of having an extramarital affair with another man in this area,” said Irene Mukasa,…

[Episcopal News Service] Two deputies have declared candidacies for House of Deputies vice president after the incumbent vice president said she is running for president instead. Both elections will take place during the upcoming 81st General Convention. The Rev. Steve Pankey of the Diocese of Kentucky and the Rev. Charles Graves IV of the Diocese…

New York Bishop Matthew Heyd, Archbishop of York Stephen Geoffrey Cottrell and others representing New York, New York, and York, England, celebrated the centennial of the “twinning” of the two cities during a special evensong service on May 5, 2024, at St. Thomas Episcopal Church on Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. Photo: Bess Adler [Episcopal…

During an Environmental Stewardship & Care of Creation legislative hearing on May 7, 2024, Kansas Bishop Cathleen Bascom testified in favor of her proposed legislation, B002, “Build Eco-Region Creation Networks for Crucial Impact.” Photo: Screenshot [Episcopal News Service] General Convention’s Environmental Stewardship & Care of Creation legislative committees heard testimonies May 7 on three proposed…

[The Anglican Church of Canada] Jerusalem and Holy Land Sunday, previously known as Jerusalem Sunday, is an opportunity for Anglicans and Lutherans in Canada to learn more about and support God’s mission in the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land. It will be observed on May…

[World Council of Churches] The World Council of Churches executive committee will meet June 6-11 in Bogota, Colombia, to reaffirm its commitment to the peace process in the country and to further develop the Pilgrimage of Justice, Reconciliation and Unity. The executive committee will meet in Colombia at the invitation of the Presbyterian Church in…

Alejandra Perez, center, a Colombian asylum-seeker, waits in November 2023 for a train after leaving a church where she received donated clothes for herself and her children in Chicago, Illinois. Photo: Reuters [Episcopal News Service] The 81st General Convention is considering at least three similar resolutions that would commit The Episcopal Church to supporting a…