Episcopal New Service

2 days ago | episcopalnewsservice.org | Matthew Puddister

[Anglican Church of Canada] General Synod has the power to live into God’s purpose for it by following his path even when the outcome is uncertain, the Rt. Rev. Michael Curry, former presiding bishop of The Episcopal Church, said June 23 as delegates in London, Ontario, gathered for opening worship at St. Paul’s Cathedral.

3 days ago | episcopalnewsservice.org | David Paulsen

[Episcopal News Service – Linthicum Heights, Maryland] The Episcopal Church welcomed its newest diocese on June 24 – the Missionary Diocese of Navajoland – though, as Navajo Episcopalians and church leaders noted, the elevation of Navajoland from an Episcopal mission formalizes a reality already felt for years in Navajo Nation communities.

4 days ago | episcopalnewsservice.org | David Paulsen

[Episcopal News Service – Linthicum Heights, Maryland] The Episcopal Church must remain committed to Christian witness in increasingly troubling times, Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe said June 23 in his opening remarks to Executive Council, and the church’s new chief financial officer outlined accounting upgrades to help bolster the church in that mission.

4 days ago | episcopalnewsservice.org | Matthew Puddister

[Anglican Church of Canada] Anglicans have prepared for the next meeting of General Synod, which is taking place June 23-29 in London, Ontario, in the diocese of Huron, and will include the election of the 15th primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, as well as an update from the primate’s commission on re-imagining the church.

4 days ago | episcopalnewsservice.org | Claire Giangrave

[Religion News Service–Vatican City] Before his death on April 21, Pope Francis made it a habit to call the 500 people taking shelter in the Holy Family Church, a Catholic parish in Gaza City, every evening to ask about how they and their supplies were holding up. In early June, the church was briefly left without means to contact the outside world, after Israeli airstrikes destroyed telecommunications structures in the area.