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Billboards around Dayton, Ohio, advertise the prayer gatherings hosted by Christ Episcopal Church during the upcoming NATO Parliamentary Assembly that is taking place May 22–26 in the city. Photo: Christ Church Facebook [Episcopal News Service] Christ Episcopal Church in Dayton, Ohio, will host “Sanctuary for Peace” prayer gatherings during the May 22–26 session of the…

Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe speaks May 21 during a Religion News Service webinar on lawsuits contesting Trump administration immigration policies. [Episcopal News Service] Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe defended The Episcopal Church’s decision to end its federal contract rather than help the Trump administration resettle white South Africans in the United States, saying in…

Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe visited the Joel Nafuma Refugee Center at St. Paul’s Within the Walls Episcopal Church in Rome, Italy, on May 19. To his right is the Rev. John W. Kilgore, St. Paul’s interim priest, and to his left is Giulia Bonaldi, the center’s director. Photo: Lynette Wilson/Episcopal News Service [Episcopal News Service…

[Church of England] Attendance at Church of England churches grew for the fourth year in a row last year, preliminary figures show. The overall number of regular worshippers across the Church of England’s congregations grew to 1.02 million in 2024, a rise of 1.2%, according to an early snapshot of the annual Statistics for Mission…

[Anglican Church of Southern Africa] Bishop of Matlosane Stephen Diseko represented the Anglican Church of Southern Africa at the history-making service to ordain 14 women to the transitional diaconate in the Diocese of Botswana. Diseko, who is leading the process of welcoming the Diocese of Botswana back as a member of the Province of the…

[Episcopal News Service] Salvadoran police have detained a lawyer who leads the anti-corruption unit of Cristosal, an Episcopal-affiliated organization committed to defending human rights and promoting democratic rule of law in Central America. The lawyer, Ruth López, was taken into custody around 11 p.m. May 18 by agents of the National Civil Police, and since…

[Episcopal News Service] Church leaders at an Episcopal congregation in suburban Chicago, Illinois, and families with children in the church’s day care program are rallying together after a pickup truck crashed through a wall of the church building on May 16, injuring at least three children who were in a classroom at the time. The afternoon…

[Church of England and the Scottish Episcopal Church] A group of Church of England bishops, as well as the primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, have joined Jewish, Muslim and other Christian leaders in signing a joint letter to Prime Minister Keir Starmer calling for a more compassionate and respectful tone in the national conversation around migration…

Pope Leo XIV arrives in St. Peter’s Square for his May 18 inauguration. The Chicago, Illinois-born Robert Francis Prevost is the first pontiff from the United States. Photo: Michael Kappeler/AP Images Editor’s note: This story will be updated as comments from the Anglican delegates are released. [Episcopal News Service] Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe joined a…

Volunteers fill bags of dry dog and cat food for Pete’s Pet Food Pantry, a ministry of the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd in Buffalo, New York. Photo: Pete’s Pet Food Pantry/Facebook [Episcopal News Service] When the Rev. Lucinda “Pete” Dempsey-Sims was a deacon at the Episcopal Church of the Ascension in Buffalo, New…