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Grace Episcopal Church is located in the College Hill neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio. Photo: Grace Episcopal Church via Facebook [Episcopal News Service] Some members of an Episcopal congregation in Cincinnati, Ohio, are pleading to regain use of their church after Southern Ohio Bishop Kristin Uffelman White suspended operations in the building over “safe church” violations…

[Washington National Cathedral] Washington National Cathedral will host the funeral service for former Vice President Richard B. Cheney on Nov. 20 at 11 a.m. Eastern. Cheney served as the 46th vice president of the United States from 2001 to 2009, and as the 17th U.S. secretary of defense from 1989 to 1993. Cheney also served…

[Anglican Communion News Service] The Rt. Rev. Philip Wright, bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Belize, has been elected archbishop of the Church in the Province of the West Indies at the 42nd Triennial Provincial Synod held in Nassau, Bahamas. Succeeding Archbishop Howard Gregory, who retired Dec. 31, 2024, Wright’s election marks a historic moment…

[Anglican Communon News Service] The Rt. Rev. Philip Wright, bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Belize, was elected archbishop of the Church in the Province of the West Indies at the 42nd triennial Provincial Synod held in Nassau. Succeeding Archbishop Howard Gregory, who retired Dec. 31, 2024, Wright’s election marks a historic moment for Belize and…

Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe (center) presides at the Eucharist during The Episcopal Church’s first churchwide Veterans Day service in the Chapel of Christ the Lord at the Episcopal Church Center in New York City Nov. 11. Assisting are the Rev. Ryan Parke, (left) who serves at the Raleigh-Durham VA; and Bishop Suffragan for Armed Forces…

Church members at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, participate in a Nov. 2 groundbreaking for their new church building. Photo: St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, via Facebook [Episcopal News Service] A Louisiana congregation whose church building was destroyed by fire in 2024 has broken ground on a new building. St. Luke’s Episcopal Church…

The Rev. Payton Høegh, a deacon in the Diocese of Los Angeles and program director of the Center for Spirituality in Nature, leads a Nov. 10 service of Compline offered by The Episcopal Church to mark the start of COP30, the United Nations’ annual climate conference. Photo: Zoom screenshot [Episcopal News Service] An evening online…

[Episcopal News Service] Voorhees University, one of two historically Black universities with ties to The Episcopal Church, announced over the weekend that it had received $19 million from the philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, the second time in five years that Scott has made a multimillion donation to the school. The latest gift, announced in a Nov….

The Rev. Antonio Gallardo, rector of St. Luke’s / San Lucas Church in Long Beach, was elected eighth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles on Nov. 8. Photo: Diocese of Los Angeles [Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles] The Rev. Antonio Gallardo, rector of St. Luke’s / San Lucas Church in Long Beach, was…

[Missionary Diocese of Navajoland] The Bishop Search Committee has announced a slate of three nominees for election as the first bishop of the Missionary Diocese of Navajoland. The election is scheduled for Jan. 3, 2026, with a backup date of Jan. 10. Following approval by the diocesan Standing Committee on Nov. 6, the nominees are:…