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[Anglican Communion News Service] Pope Leo XIV’s first papal encyclical, “Magnifica Humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence,” invites reflection on the ethical implications of AI on war, relationships and the battle between good and evil. The pope signed the encyclical last month. “At key moments in history, the church…

[Episcopal News Service] The Episcopal Church in Navajoland’s Standing Committee announced June 11 that it would, for a second time, postpone its bishop election to an unspecified date in the future. “After prayerful consultation and discernment, the election has been postponed to a future date. This is a postponement of the election process, not a…

Strawberry shortcake assembly line volunteers June 11 at Christ Church Cathedral in Indianapolis, Indiana’s annual Strawberry Festival. Photo: Shireen Korkzan/Episcopal News Service [Episcopal News Service — Indianapolis, Indiana] For members of Christ Church Cathedral, here on the northeast corner of Monument Circle, the only thing sweeter than supporting Central Indiana-based nonprofits is doing so with…

Demonstrators show their support outside the Cathedral Church of St. Luke in Orlando, Florida, during the June 18, 2016, funeral service for Christopher Andrew Leinonen, one of the victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting. Photo: John Raoux/AP [Episcopal News Service] The Cathedral Church of St. Luke in Orlando, Florida, memorialized the 49 people who were shot and…

[Anglican Communion News Service] The Most Rev. Marinez Rosa dos Santos Bassotto, primate of the Anglican Episcopal Church in Brazil and bishop of the Amazon, has been appointed chair of the Anglican Communion Environmental Network. The network connects Anglicans worldwide who work on creation care, climate justice and environmental action. Bassotto has focused much of…

Bunk beds at the shelter for unhoused people inside St. Paul’s By-the-Sea Episcopal Church in Ocean City, Maryland. Photo: Courtesy of Jill Williams [Episcopal News Service] St. Paul’s by-the-Sea Episcopal Church is preparing to file a federal lawsuit against Ocean City, Maryland, after it received a citation from the resort town on June 8 for…

Dan Levy stars as Nicky Dardano, a gay pastor in the Netflix sitcom “Big Mistakes.” Photo: Netflix trailer screenshot [Episcopal News Service] The Rev. Warren Thomas Swenson is a happily married gay Episcopal priest with an “ordinary” routine. As a former associate priest serving small mission churches in southeast Tennessee, he has preached, presided over…

[Episcopal News Service] Mexico, Canada and the United States will host the 2026 FIFA World Cup June 11-19. The quadrennial soccer championship is expected to attract millions of spectators across 104 matches played throughout North America. All three host countries are increasing security in an effort to prevent crime during the 48-team tournament, including human…

[Lambeth Palace] Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally hosted a debate on June 5 in the House of Lords, urging peers to take note of artificial intelligence’s impact on human relationships and wider society. Hailing AI as a “remarkable product of human creativity” which has led to “extraordinary discoveries and breakthroughs,” Mullally also stressed the importance…

Archivist Denton Waits, from left, archives assistant Kayla Floyd, Riley Temple and the Very Rev. Ian S. Markham pose with a newly discovered draft of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” at Bishop Payne Library on the campus of Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, Virginia. Photo: Adelle M. Banks/Religion News Service  [Religion News…