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A panel discussion during the Diocese of Missouri’s “Healing in the Heartland” event March 16 included (seated, from left) the Rev. John “Jack” Danforth, the Rev. Traci Blackmon, the Rev. Naomi Tutu and the Rev. Kelly Brown Douglas. Missouri Bishop Deon Johnson, at the podium, was the moderator. Photo: Screenshot [Episcopal News Service] The Episcopal…

[World Council of Churches] The World Council of Churches, in a statement before the United Nations Human Rights Council, urged addressing the often-hidden condition of obstetric fistula, which violates the rights of thousands of women and girls in the world’s poorest countries.  The condition of obstetric fistula is a preventable physical injury which occurs after…

[Episcopal News Service] The slate of nominees for The Episcopal Church’s 28th presiding bishop is scheduled to be announced April 2. From this list and any petition nominations,  bishops will elect and deputies will confirm a new churchwide leader when they gather in June for the 81st General Convention in Louisville, Kentucky. The Joint Nominating…

In a new poll conducted by Pew Research, most American adults have a positive view of religion’s role in public life but believe its influence is waning. Photo: RNS [Religion News Service] As the U.S. continues to debate the fusion of faith and politics, a sweeping new survey reports that most American adults have a positive…

[Episcopal News Service] The Standing Committee of the Diocese of Massachusetts, after receiving the recommendations of the Bishop Nominating Committee, has approved a preliminary slate of four nominees for election as the 17th bishop diocesan of the Diocese of Massachusetts. They are: The Rev. Brendan J. Barnicle, rector, St. Francis of Assisi Church, Wilsonville, Oregon….

Grovetown Episcopal Lutheran Mission launched in 2018 and now gathers every Wednesday night for food and worship in a gym at Liberty Park in Grovetown, Ga. Photo: Grovetown Mission, via Facebook [Episcopal News Service] Georgia resident Latoya Stewart first learned about Grovetown Episcopal Lutheran Mission when she and her three children were visiting a back-to-school…

[World Council of Churches] The World Council of Churches, in an intervention before the United Nations Human Rights Council, called upon the U.N. to ensure that counter-terrorism laws and practices, including efforts to combat terrorism financing, do not unjustly curtail the legitimate activities of civil society organizations, impede civic space or hinder humanitarian endeavors in…

The Diocese of Northern Michigan’s racial reconciliation initiative, “Walking Together: Finding Common Ground,” is centered around a traveling exhibit that showcases stories of Indigenous boarding school survivors in Michigan. It includes a recording of Northern Michigan Bishop Rayford Ray formally apologizing for The Episcopal Church’s participation “in the human trafficking of children to place them…

Washington National Cathedral vicar the Rev. Dana Corsello (far left) and cathedral provost the Rev. Jan Naylor Cope prepare to use holy water to bless seven mascots from Athletic Coast Conference teams that visited the cathedral March 12. Eight other mascots also toured the building. Photo: Rodney Baylor/Washington National Cathedral [Episcopal News Service] Washington National…

[Office of the Archbishop of Canterbury] In a joint statement, the Most Rev. Justin Welby, archbishop of Canterbury, and the Most Rev. Stephen Cottrell, archbishop of York, warn the United Kingdom government that its new extremism definition risks “disproportionately targeting Muslim communities” and “driving us apart.” They suggest labelling a multi-faceted problem as hateful extremism…