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New Texas regulations affect Episcopal camps’ summer programs after Camp Mystic tragedy

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David Paulsen · May 26, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[Episcopal News Service] Episcopal camps in Texas are navigating new state regulations to reopen this summer, a year after one of the state’s camps was the scene of a deadly disaster caused by flash flooding in the T...

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In his first encyclical, Pope Leo XIV says AI must serve humanity, not the powerful few

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lwilson · May 26, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[Religion News Service] Pope Leo XIV took direct aim at the power of Big Tech in his first encyclical on May 25, warning that artificial intelligence risks widening inequality, weakening democracy and undermining what...

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Sarah K. Fisher consecrated East Carolina’s ninth bishop

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lwilson · May 26, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[Diocese of East Carolina] The Diocese of East Carolina ordained and consecrated the Rt. Rev. Sarah K. Fisher as its 9th bishop on May 23 at the Riverfront Convention Center in New Bern, North Carolina. Fisher, who f...

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Ecumenical Patriarchate, Anglican Communion hold informal talks

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lwilson · May 22, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[Anglican Communion News Service] Informal talks took place May 21-22 in Istanbul, Turkey, between the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the Anglican Communion. The International Commission for Anglican-Orthodox Theological...

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Bexley Seabury Seminary launches climate justice and spiritual resilience program

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Shireen Korkzan · May 22, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[Episcopal News Service] Earlier this year, Bexley Seabury Seminary launched a virtual Climate Justice & Spiritual Resilience certification program, with the goal of helping Christians develop practical and theol...

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Rainbow Pilgrims of Faith visit World Council of Churches

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Shireen Korkzan · May 22, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[World Council of Churches] The Rainbow Pilgrims of Faith visited the World Council of Churches to discuss various topics, including human sexuality, stigma, discrimination, violence, racism, gender equality and well-...

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After years fostering interfaith ties, San Diego mosque finds allies in grief

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Shireen Korkzan · May 22, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[Religion News Service] For years before the deadly May 18 shooting, the Islamic Center of San Diego in California stood out as a place that welcomed anyone through its doors – Muslim or not. The mosque’s imam, Taha ...

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World Council of Churches condemns Israeli treatment of detained activists

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Shireen Korkzan · May 22, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[World Council of Churches] The Rev. Jerry Pillay, the World Council of Churches’ general secretary, released a May 21 statement condemning the reported mistreatment of pro-Palestinian activists detained by Israeli au...

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Pennsylvania church’s Animal Cabin gives shelter animals, caretakers a quiet break from the cage

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Shireen Korkzan · May 20, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[Episcopal News Service] St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church in Whitemarsh, Pennsylvania, has expanded its animal ministry by launching the Animal Cabin, a respite space for shelter, rescue and foster dogs on the parish’s 4...

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World Council of Churches to host virtual prayer for peace in Ukraine

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Shireen Korkzan · May 20, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[World Council of Churches] The World Council of Churches is inviting Christians worldwide to participate in a virtual prayer session for peace in Ukraine on June 11. The event, organized in collaboration with the Ukr...

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San Diego diocese calls for prayers, peace after shooting at Islamic center

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Shireen Korkzan · May 19, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[Episcopal News Service] San Diego Bishop Susan Brown Snook issued a statement calling for prayers and peace after a May 18 shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego in California left five people dead, including th...

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Anglican Palestinian woman Layan Nasir released from Israeli prison

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Shireen Korkzan · May 19, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[Episcopal News Service] Layan Nasir, an Anglican Palestinian woman, has been released from Damon Prison at Daliyat al-Karmel, Israel, eight months after an Israeli court convicted her on unclear charges. “Joyful new...

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Elizabeth Berman elected sixth bishop of Hawai‘i

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Shireen Korkzan · May 18, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[Episcopal News Service] The Rev. Elizabeth “Libby” Berman was elected the sixth bishop of the Diocese of Hawai’i on May 16 at the ‘Iolani School in Honolulu on O’ahu. Berman was elected on the second ballot after the...

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World Council of Churches ‘deeply concerned’ by African outbreak of Ebola

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Shireen Korkzan · May 18, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[World Council of Churches] The Rev. Jerry Pillay, general secretary of the World Council of Churches, released a statement May 18 expressing “deep concern” over the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo ...

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World Council of Churches renews call for end of Russian war on Ukraine

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Shireen Korkzan · May 18, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[World Council of Churches] The Rev. Jerry Pillay, general secretary of the World Council of Churches, released a statement May 18 calling for an end to “unconscionable” violence in response to Russia launching drone ...

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Northwestern Pennsylvania diocese announces two candidates for ninth bishop

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Shireen Korkzan · May 18, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[Episcopal News Service] The Diocese of Northwestern Pennsylvania Standing Committee announced May 15 that the diocese’s bishop search committee had released a slate of two candidates for the diocese’s ninth bishop.  ...

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Northern Michigan churches display red dresses in recognition of violence toward Indigenous women

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Shireen Korkzan · May 18, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[Episcopal News Service] Episcopal churches throughout the Diocese of Northern Michigan are marking the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives as a monthlong observance by d...

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Missouri initiative seeks to involve children more meaningfully in churches’ worship services

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David Paulsen · May 15, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[Episcopal News Service] Trinity Episcopal Church’s experimentations with intergenerational worship started in 2024 after a simple decision. The Sunday nursery at the church in Kirksville, Missouri, was getting too c...

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Court reopens arms trafficking case against several Diocese of Haiti leaders

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David Paulsen · May 15, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[Episcopal News Service] Several church leaders in the Diocese of Haiti are headed to trial in a weapons trafficking case, after an appeals court in the Caribbean island country reversed a lower court ruling that had ...

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RIP: Former Southern Ohio Bishop Thomas Breidenthal dies at 75

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David Paulsen · May 15, 2026 · Posted by: Episcopal News Service

[Diocese of Southern Ohio] The Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio gives thanks for the life and ministry of its ninth bishop diocesan, the Rt. Rev. Thomas E. Breidenthal, who died May 14 surrounded by his family. He ...

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