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- Faith leaders and religious groups voice opposition to Biden’s plan to restrict asylum
[Religion News Service] Taking advantage of a required public comment period, a broad array of faith leaders and religious groups, including faith-based refugee aid organizations, are speaking out against a
- Church Pension Group issues first report on lay employee compensation
[Episcopal News Service] The Church Pension Group has issued its first-ever report on lay employment and compensation within The Episcopal Church in a look at demographic, geographic and compensation differences
- New Jersey Reparations Commission offers a ‘stations of reparations’ liturgy
[Diocese of New Jersey] The Reparations Commission of the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey offered a Stations of Reparations liturgy at St. Peter’s Church, Freehold, on March 25, which brought
- New resource for young people explores how religion can be used to divide or unite
[World Council of Churches] A new resource created by and for young people engaged in peacebuilding and the cultivation of social resilience now is available. The guide, “Stranger, Enemy, Neighbor,
- World Council of Churches general secretary issues Easter message
[World Council of Churches] WCC general secretary the Rev. Jerry Pillay has issued an Easter message that reflects on Jesus’ cry from the cross, “My God, my God, why have
- Oregon churches respond to escalating homelessness, drug crises
[Episcopal News Service] Since the pandemic, the state of Oregon has experienced one of the nation’s sharpest rises in homelessness and drug use. Churches in the state are taking extraordinary
- Maryland diocese elects Carrie Schofield-Broadbent bishop coadjutor
[Diocese of Maryland] The Episcopal Diocese of Maryland elected the Rev. Carrie Schofield-Broadbent as its bishop coadjutor on March 25 during an election held at St. John’s in Ellicott City.
- Mississippi tornado damages Episcopal church, parishioners’ homes in Rolling Fork
[Episcopal News Service] The tornado that tore through the town of Rolling Fork, Mississippi, late in the evening of March 24 severely damaged the Episcopal Chapel of the Cross there,
- Kentucky church affirms LGBTQ+ inclusiveness against legislation targeting transgender care, drag shows
[Episcopal News Service] Republican lawmakers in state legislatures across the United States have proposed hundreds of anti-LGBTQ+ bills in recent years as they embrace culture war policies that are increasingly
- Episcopal delegates to UN women’s commission discuss their experiences advocating for gender justice
[Episcopal News Service] Nine Episcopal women who served as delegates to the 67th United Nations Commission on the Status of Women gathered in a March 23 webinar to discuss the