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[World Council of Churches] A panel discussion, “Zacchaeus Tax: Transforming the Global Economic System and Advancing Gender Justice,” on March 19 explored the intersections between tax justice and gender justice and why this is a matter of faith. The event was held parallel to the 68th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women….

Saint Augustine’s University in Raleigh, North Carolina, is one of two remaining historically Black colleges with Episcopal roots. Photo: Saint Augustine’s University [Episcopal News Service] Saint Augustine’s University in Raleigh, North Carolina, reportedly will move its classes online in April as it fights to maintain its accreditation and remain open as one of two remaining…

A Good Friday concert will be offered online by The Episcopal Church on March 29 hosted by Christ and St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Norfolk, Virginia. Photo: Christ and St. Luke’s Episcopal Church [Episcopal News Service] Each year, Episcopalians are encouraged during Holy Week to donate to The Episcopal Church’s Good Friday Offering in support of…

[Scottish Episcopal Church] The General Synod of the Scottish Episcopal Church will welcome a new secretary general when Dee Bird takes up the position this summer. Bird joins the General Synod Office from Edinburgh Napier Students’ Association where she has been chief executive officer since 2020. She is the first female secretary general of the GSO…

[Anglican Communion News Service] The Lambeth Call on Safe Church will be the next theme in the “Add Your Voice to the Call” discussion series being delivered by the Anglican Communion Office. It is part of Phase 3 of the Lambeth Conference, which is exploring each of the Lambeth Calls, inviting churches to take them forward…

Atlanta Bishop Robert Wright speaks Oct. 11, 2017, at the opening celebration of the Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing. He is joined for the ribbon cutting by Catherine Meeks, the center’s founding executive director, and Presiding Bishop Michael Curry. Photo: Diocese of Atlanta [Episcopal News Service] Catherine Meeks, known churchwide as a leading figure…

Some of the Episcopal delegates to the 68th meeting of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, along with people who are assisting them, gather in front of this year’s UNCSW logo in the United Nations headquarters in New York. Photo: Facebook [Episcopal News Service] The 10 women selected to represent Presiding Bishop…

[World Council of Churches] World Council of Churches general secretary the Rev. Jerry Pillay will visit Lebanon March 19-22 to commemorate the 50th jubilee of the Middle East Council of Churches and meet with all WCC member churches from Lebanon and Syria. Besides visiting the WCC constituency in the region, Pillay aims to express appreciation…

[Anglican Communion News Service] The Rt. Rev. Anthony Poggo, secretary general of the Anglican Communion, has made a solidarity visit to the Episcopal Church of Sudan, hosted by the Most Rev. Ezekiel Kondo, Sudan’s primate. Poggo met with faith leaders, and also visited church and community groups. The visit took place almost one year since…

Clergy and lay leaders in the dioceses of Eastern Michigan and Western Michigan attend a special joint convention March 16 to vote for juncture, moving toward a possible merger of the dioceses by the end of the year. Photo: Ryan Prins/Episcopal Dioceses of Eastern and Western Michigan [Episcopal News Service] The dioceses of Eastern Michigan…