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[Church of England] In a national online service Feb. 9 that marked the 30th anniversary of Racial Justice Sunday, viewers heard that racial justice reflects “core” Christian values and is “rooted in love.” The bishop of Edmonton, the Rt. Rev. Anderson Jeremiah, led the service, in a broadcast from St. Francis at the Engine Room…

[Church in Wales] The Rt. Rev. Anthony Pierce, who was bishop of Swansea and Brecon between 1999 and 2008, has appeared at Swansea Crown Court and has admitted five counts of indecent assault on a male child under the age of 16. The offenses date from between 1985 and 1990, when Pierce was a parish priest in…

Mitsuko (Murakami) Otani and Seigo Otani, left, were matched and married inside the Minidoka War Relocation Center, an internment camp for Japanese Americans during World War II. Their daughter, the Rev. Polly Shigaki served as deacon of St. Peter’s Episcopal Parish, a historically Japanese church in Seattle, Washington. Shigaki’s husband, John Shigaki, was born inside…

Fatima Rehan carries her 2-year-old son, Mohammed, as she and other members of the Rehan family search Feb. 5 amid the rubble of their home destroyed by the Israeli army’s air and ground offensive against Hamas in Jabaliya, Gaza Strip. Photo: Associated Press [Episcopal News Service] Several resolutions passed in June 2024 by the 81st…

[Diocese of Alabama] The Rt. Rev. Glenda Curry, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama, has announced her intention to retire later this year when she turns 72, the mandatory retirement age for Episcopal clergy. Curry made the announcement and called for the election of a new bishop last weekend during the opening session of…

Professional wrestler and Episcopalian Nick Kinney, in his persona as “bad guy” Nick Pride, admires himself in a mirror before a match. Photo: Video screenshot [Episcopal News Service] Jayne and Nick Kinney are sometimes a bit late for Sunday services at St. Martin’s by the Lake in Minnetonka Beach, Minnesota. When they are, fellow parishioners…

[Anglican Communion News Service] In a statement about safeguarding in the Anglican Church of Southern Africa (ACSA), the archbishop of Southern Africa, the Most Rev. Thabo Makgoba, has called the church to “redouble our efforts to eradicate all forms of abuse in the church and to campaign more vigorously for its abolition in wider society.” His…

[Church in Wales] The Church in Wales is preparing to revisit its stance on same-sex blessings as the time-limited provision introduced in October 2021 nears its expiration in September 2026. In a message to members, the archbishop of Wales, the Most Rev. Andrew John, has called for a period of prayerful discernment and open dialogue…

[World Council of Churches] World Council of Churches general secretary the Rev. Jerry Pillay has described the proposal of President Donald Trump as “tantamount to proposing full-scale ethnic cleansing and neo-colonization of the homeland of the 2 million Palestinians of Gaza.” Pillay noted that the proposal violates every applicable principle of international humanitarian and human…

[Episcopal News Service] The Episcopal Church’s Washington, D.C.-based Office of Government Relations released an “Immigration Action Toolkit” on Feb. 4 with information, resources and suggestions for engaging on immigration issues in response to the Trump administration’s escalating crackdown on both legal and illegal immigration. That resource page can be found here. “The Trump administration has…