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[World Council of Churches] A consultation with young people from World Council of Churches member churches enabled discussion and sharing of youth perspectives on the climate emergency, gathering feedback for a handbook on legal action for intergenerational climate justice. The project, “Legal Action for Intergenerational Justice,” which is anchored in the Churches’ Commitments to Children…

[Anglican Taonga] The Diocese of Wellington’s ongoing focus on building homes is paying dividends, when the first two houses from its prefabrication factory were delivered to church land in Whanganui on Oct. 22. The new two-bedroom homes are sited next to the vicarage at St. Luke’s Castlecliff in Whanganui and are the first two transportable, energy-efficient…

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby addresses the opening dinner for the 18th Anglican Consultative Council meeting in February 2023 in Accra, Ghana. Photo: Neil Turner for the ACO [Episcopal News Service] Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby is facing increasing pressure to resign after a review of the Church of England’s handling of a sprawling child…

Members of Executive Council, meeting Nov. 8 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, complete a brainstorming exercise led by representatives from the firm Compass to help refine The Episcopal Church’s vision for its future. Photo: David Paulsen/Episcopal News Service [Episcopal News Service – New Brunswick, New Jersey] Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe presented a more detailed vision…

Bishop Anthony Ball has been appointed the director of the Anglican Centre in Rome. Photo: Anglican Communion Office. [Anglican Communion Office] The Board of Governors of the Anglican Centre in Rome on Nov. 11 announced the appointment of the Rt. Rev. Anthony Ball as its next executive director. Ball will take over when Archbishop Ian…

[The Melbourne Anglican] Melbourne Anglicans hope to signal to the community that churches can be part of the solution when it comes to preventing violence against women during an upcoming global initiative. The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence campaign aims to raise awareness about gendered violence and call for an end to it. Figures…

The Very Rev. Amy Dafler Meaux was elected the ninth bishop of West Missouri on Nov. 9, 2024. Photo: Diocese of West Missouri [Diocese of West Missouri] The Diocese of West Missouri on Nov. 9 elected the Very Rev. Amy Dafler Meaux to be its ninth diocesan bishop. She was elected on the first ballot…

Episcopal delegates represented then-Presiding Bishop Michael Curry at the United Nations’ 16th biennial biodiversity Oct. 21 to Nov. 1, 2024, in Santiago de Cali, Colombia. Photo: Lynnaia Main/Facebook [Episcopal News Service] After 12 days of listening to world leaders discuss aspects of biodiversity and networking with government officials and faith-based partners at the United Nations’…

The Rev. Molly James, interim executive officer of General Convention, presents parochial report data Nov. 8 to a meeting of Executive Council in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Photo: David Paulsen/Episcopal News Service [Episcopal News Service – New Brunswick, New Jersey] The Episcopal Church on Nov. 8 released its latest summary and analysis of the data…

U.S. military veterans attended St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church’s annual Veterans Day worship service in November 2023. Photo: Louis Deluca [Episcopal News Service] St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church in Dallas, Texas, will host its annual livestreamed Veterans Day worship service on Sunday, Nov. 10, at 5:30 p.m. Central. The Rt. Rev….