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[Episcopal News Service]The Rt. Rev. Herbert Alcorn Donovan, Jr., who as bishop of Arkansas from 1980 to 1993, and later served other dioceses and parishes, died Nov. 2 in Colorado. He was 94. A graduate of the University of Virginia and Virginia Theological Seminary, he was ordained deacon and priest in 1957. He joined the…

Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, March 27, 2024. Photo: Bassam Masoud/REUTERS [Religion News Service] More than 140 global Christian leaders, including a Guatemalan Catholic cardinal and the presiding bishops of The Episcopal Church and…

[Episcopal News Service] Veterans Day is Nov. 11, and this year, The Episcopal Church will mark the holiday honoring all those who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces by presenting for the first time a livestreamed Veterans Day Holy Eucharist that will include a commissioning of chaplains. The service, which begins at 7 p.m….

During the May 23-24, 2025, pilgrimage to the Sand Creek Massacre site – co-sponsored by the Episcopal Church in Colorado – Fred Mosqueda, a Southern Arapaho tribal elder whose great-great grandfather survived the surprise attack, told stories of survivors that have been passed down through generations. On Nov. 29, 1864, U.S. Army soldiers killed at…

Louisville, Kentucky, the state’s largest city, hosted the 81st General Convention of The Episcopal Church June 23-28, 2024. Photo: David Paulsen/Episcopal News Service [Episcopal News Service – Louisville, Kentucky] The triennial Episcopal family reunion, worship extravaganza and legislative session that is General Convention was back in full force during its meeting here after the pandemic…

[World Council of Churches] Gracia Violeta Ross, World Council of Churches  program executive for HIV, reproductive health and pandemics, shared insights with a Bogotá, Colombia, workshop entitled, “The role of self-care interventions to reduce maternal mortality in the Latin America and the Caribbean region.” The workshop, which took place Oct. 23-25, was organized by the…