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[Anglican Communion News Service] A gathering for French-speaking bishops and their spouses from across the Anglican Communon is meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, to discuss mission, leadership development and community transformation. Recognizing the shared values, traditions and customs of those who identify with the Francophone world, the event is an opportunity for bishops to serve as…

Episcopalians at the Aug. 28-31, 2025, Wild Goose Festival, an annual outdoor event rooted in progressive Christianity. The festival in Harmony, North Carolina, encompasses art, music, storytelling, theater, meditation, theological education and more. Photo: Courtesy of Tommy Dillon [Episcopal News Service] A group of Episcopalians from several dioceses spent their Labor Day weekend in fellowship…

The Rt. Rev. Thomas Ely, who served as bishop of Vermont from 2001 to 2019 and as bishop provisional of North Dakota from 2021 to 2024, died Aug. 30. [Episcopal News Service] The Rev. Thomas C. Ely, who served as bishop of Vermont from 2001 to 2019 and as bishop provisional of North Dakota from…

[Anglican Communon News Service] Saint John’s Cathedral, which was under construction in the city and Diocese of Beni in the Democratic Republic of Congo, collapsed without warning the morning of Aug. 14, according to Beni Bishop Cyrille Kambale Tavuirima. The Dicoese of Beni is part of the Province of the Anglican Church of Congo. Fortunately,…

[Scottish Episcopal Church] All seven bishops of the Scottish Episcopal Church are among a group of faith leaders from across the United Kingdom who have written to the prime minister and the chancellor asking them to “seize this moment to take decisive action to drive down child poverty.” The letter, which was drafted by the Joint…

[Episcopal News Service] A church hearing panel has sanctioned former Florida Bishop John Howard in a Title IV disciplinary matter for his failure to respond to requests for further information, documentation and written testimony, evidence collectively referred to as discovery. “[T]he Respondent has waived all objections of any kind whatsoever to those discovery requests” and…

The Season of Creation, which is marked by Christians around the world, runs from Sept. 1 to Oct. 4. Photo: Melodie Woerman/ENS [Episcopal News Service] Episcopal congregations and individuals wanting to observe the Season of Creation can make use of some new resources this year, even as data shows the increasingly devastating effects of climate…

The ashes of 325 people are buried in Christ Episcopal Church’s Memorial Garden. Many people worried about what would happen to those ashes if the town seized the church’s land for a park. That uncertainty figured into opposition to the plan. Photo: Mary Frances Schjonberg/Episcopal News Service [Episcopal News Service] Toms River Mayor Daniel Rodrick…

Tim and Katharine Barr kneel and pray at a memorial at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, one day after the Aug. 27, 2025, mass shooting at the school killed two children and injured 17 other people. Photo: Abbie Parr/AP [Episcopal News Service] Minnesota Bishop Craig Loya issued a statement Aug. 27 on Facebook lamenting…

[World Council of Churches] Christians gathered in Sweden for a week of activities recalling the Universal Christian Conference on Life and Work, which gathered in Stockholm in 1925 after the First World War and was a milestone on the path to founding the World Council of Churches in 1948. A high point was the Aug….