The coronation is a legal and profoundly religious process, with its central feature the anointing of the monarch with holy oil.

Shireen Korkzan writes for ENS that Episcopal churches will be holding festivities ranging from organizing watch parties to hosting special evensongs.

Melodie Woerman writes for ENS that the delegates felt that addressing the doctrine’s negative impact was harder when the world’s largest Christian denomination had apparently continued to accept it.

The Rev. Jerry Pillay, general secretary of the Geneva-based World Council of Churches, said the global organization “is deeply saddened” by the armed unrest in Sudan that has resulted in more than 400 deaths over the last two weeks.

David Paulsen of ENS writes that the public phase of the Episcopal Church’s budgeting process for 2025-27 got underway with an online listening session hosted by the Joint Budget Committee.