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[World Council of Churches] The Fiji Council of Churches expressed deep pastoral concern over the increasing reports of missing children between the ages of 13 and 16 in the South Pacific archipelago. “As churches, we mourn with families living with fear, uncertainty, and heartbreak during these difficult moments,” it said in a statement. “Our children…

This year’s midterm elections are on Nov. 3. Photo: David Paulsen/Episcopal News Service [Episcopal News Service] The Episcopal Church is kicking off its “Vote Faithfully” voter engagement efforts for the 2026 midterm elections with a series of online events to educate Episcopalians on nonpartisan ways they and their congregations can support civic participation in their…

[World Council of Churches] The World Council of Churches, the Vatican’s Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue and a broad coalition of Christian and Dharmic partners are co-organizing an international conference aimed at strengthening fraternity, dialogue and collaboration among religious communities in Europe. The conference, titled “Buddhists, Christians, Hindus, Jains, and Sikhs in Europe: Building Fraternity through…

[Episcopal News Service] Episcopal leaders in Massachusetts are rallying alongside gun safety advocates to preserve a sweeping state gun control law against a campaign seeking to repeal it by voter referendum. The Massachusetts Legislature voted overwhelmingly in 2024 to adopt the law, which further strengthened the state’s already substantial protections against gun violence. It implemented…

[Anglican Communion News Service] The Democratic Republic of the Congo and neighboring Uganda are experiencing another outbreak of the deadly Bundibugyo Ebola virus strain. The World Health Organization has recorded 10 confirmed and 223 suspected Ebola deaths, as well as more than 1,000 confirmed and suspected cases. In response to the outbreak, which was declared a…

[Episcopal News Service] It was a single sentence, adopted 50 years ago by General Convention meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Today, LGBTQ+ Episcopalians credit that sentence with opening the door to five decades of progress toward full inclusion in The Episcopal Church. This is the text of Resolution A069 in full: “Resolved, That it is the…

Queen Elizabeth II visits Old North Church for the bicentennial of the United States on July 11, 1976, in Boston, Massachusetts. Photo: Courtesy of Old North Church [Religion News Service] On Ash Wednesday this year, about a dozen people attended a noon service at Old North Church in Boston, Massachusetts, founded in 1723. Two days…

[Episcopal News Service] A concert opera honoring Bishop John Henry Hobart will make its world debut May 31 at Trinity Church in New York.  The church’s Trinity Choir and Downtown Voices choral ensembles will perform the piece with its new music chamber ensemble, NOVUS. Melissa Attebury, Trinity’s music director, will conduct the 50-minute work, which…

St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in the West Ashley neighborhood of Charleston, South Carolina, worships in a temporary space in an administrative building during repairs to its main church building. Photo: St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, via Facebook [Episcopal News Service] The Diocese of South Carolina is using seed money from The Episcopal Church to launch its…

David Adamo Bundy is learning Italian at the Joel Nafuma Refugee Center housed at St. Paul’s Within the Walls Episcopal Church in Rome, Italy. Photo: Lynette Wilson/ENS [Episcopal News Service] In late February, Davide Adamo Bundy, 59 – born in Italy and reared in Arkansas – landed at Rome’s Leonardo da Vinci Airport carrying his…