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The “Thank You, Doctor!” campaign, a global movement launched by SOMOS Community Care and the Pontifical Academy for Life, was born to recover the human relationship between doctor and patient.

The governing bodies of Switzerland’s Christian churches and umbrella organisations presented a vision of a digital future guided by human dignity, supported by ten guidelines for the responsible use of artificial intelligence. Entitled “Humanity in the Digital Age: Ethical Guidelines for the Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence: An Ecumenical Christian Perspective,” and released 19 October, the guidelines articulate the shared position of Switzerland’s Christian churches on the responsible use of artificial intelligence.

The Trump administration’s indefinite refugee ban, stop work orders and prolonged delays in reimbursement for resettlement agencies have had a devastating impact on tens of thousands of refugee families and communities across the country and around the world. Welcome to the latest edition of State of Play from Church World Service. This resource provides regular updates from the CWS Policy ...

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A theological and educational conference entitled “For the Life of the World” took place on 6–7 November in Thessaloniki, bringing together more than 250 clergy, catechists, educators, and theology professors and students. Organized by the Holy Metropolis of Thessaloniki and hosted at the St Gregory Palamas Educational and Cultural Foundation, the conference focused on the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s document, “For the Life of the World: Toward a Social Ethos of the Orthodox Church.”

During the midterm elections, Americans soundly rejected the anti-immigrant policies put forward by this administration and this Congress. Exit polls show voters supported redirecting funds from ICE and restoring pathways to protection for those fleeing persecution. The 119th Congress only has a few weeks left to legislate, but there are still ways our elected officials can hold the Trump administration ...

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[Anglican Communion News Service] The Rt. Rev. Cleophas Lunga has been appointed chair of the Anglican Communion Safe Church Commission, succeeding Garth Blake of the Anglican Church of Australia. The commission is comprised of Anglicans worldwide, and works to promote safeguarding practices and build a culture of safety for all. Daphne Audsley, from the Scottish Episcopal Church, has also been appointed deputy chair of the commission. She is a longstanding member of the Commission and has contributed to its international safeguarding work. Currently serving as the vicar of St. Laurence, Catford, in the Diocese of Southwark, Church of England, Lunga is one of the founding members of the Safe Church Commission.  He will support the Safe Church Commission in a voluntary capacity, alongside his full-time pastoral responsibilities. Read the full article here.

War is raging with attention to global conflicts waxing and waning as the new cycle shifts over time. There is no recorded time when the world was absent of armed conflict, instead the past and present are replete with wars,…

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[Episcopal News Service] Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe will preside at a livestreamed Evensong on Nov. 11 for Veterans Day in Honolulu, Hawai‘i, after meeting this week with U.S. Marines and sailors stationed in Japan. Rowe is joined on the trip by the Rt. Rev. Ann Ritonia, bishop suffragan of Armed Forces and Federal Ministries, who will preach at the Evensong at Cathedral of St. Andrew in Honolulu. The service starts at 5:30 p.m. in Hawai‘i (10:30 p.m. Eastern). Armed Forces and Federal Ministries recruits and supports chaplains discerning a call to serve in military and federal ministries. The Episcopal Church notes that the military chaplaincies represent the church’s largest young adult ministry, with military members ages 18 to 26 making up about half of the armed forces. Rowe, who was in Taiwan on Nov. 7 for the consecration of Rt. Rev. Keith Chen-Cheng Lee, traveled from there to Okinawa, where he met with military personnel at Futenma Marine Corps Air Station, as well as members of All Souls Anglican Episcopal Church. The stop in Japan offered a meaningful connection between church leaders and U.S. military members serving overseas, Ritonia said in a written statement to Episcopal News Service. “In a place quite far from home, to know that the church was praying and cared about them was a tangible sign they were loved and valued,” Ritonia said. “The commanding officer, an Episcopal high school graduate, shared how much he appreciated the visit and prayers and emphasized the vital role of chaplains towards morale and mission readiness.” The Episcopal Church’s military chaplaincies date to the early years of the republic, when the Rev. John Hurt became the first chaplain of the U.S. Army on March 4, 1791. (He previously served with the Continental Army beginning in 1776.) Research by the Rev. Maurice Dyer II, the church’s current Armed Forces and Federal Ministries canon, highlights other firsts in church chaplaincy history. For example, the Rev. Alexander McFarland was the first Episcopal chaplain in the Navy, starting in 1802. The Rev. Adam Empie was appointed the first chaplain of West Point in 1813, and the Rev. George Jones joined the Naval Academy’s founding faculty in 1845 and became its first chaplain following the academy’s reorganization in 1850. And in 1991, the Rev. Susan Carney became the Naval Academy’s first woman chaplain. She was the first woman chaplain to serve aboard a Navy warship and to go to war in 1993, during the Persian Gulf War. This year, the church’s Veterans Day Evensong is also part of an effort to raise awareness of a growing churchwide network of veterans and Episcopalians interested in supporting veterans. Armed Forces and Federal Ministries invites Episcopalians to complete a brief survey to help the office strengthen its work with veterans and people considering calls to chaplaincy. The 81st General Convention passed a resolution in 2024 to “acknowledge and recognize the burgeoning Episcopal Veterans Network.” It encouraged dioceses and congregations “to become familiar with the Episcopal Veterans Network and its resources, and to encourage other veterans’ ministries to join the network in order to better serve the veterans in their communities,” and it suggested that congregations highlight the church’s work on behalf of veterans during services on Veterans Day or the Sunday closest to Veterans Day.