The Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop has written to the US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, urging action on countries most hit by food insecurity.

The fear and hatred that inspired David Kato’s killers are not confined to the uneducated, says Bishop Pierre W. Whalon. Sadly, they have been replicated by many Christians. But God does not hate, and those who would call themselves Christian cannot do so either.

US Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson, who is openly gay and partnered, has told his diocese that he has decided to retire early in 2013.

A US inter-church group has met with Colombian church representatives to discuss issues of internally displaced people and regional relations.