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Jerusalem Archbishop Hosam Naoum speaks Oct. 19 during a forum discussion at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City. Photo: YouTube [Episcopal News Service] Jerusalem Archbishop Hosam Naoum on Oct. 19 spoke at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City, preaching at one of the church’s services…

[Episcopal News Service] The conservative Anglican network GAFCON, a mix of leaders from Anglican provinces and breakaway groups, released a statement Oct. 16 saying it would disengage from the Anglican Communion’s existing deliberative bodies and create a rival to the Anglican Communion with an unspecified number of provinces. The message, titled “The Future Has Arrived”…

A worker finishes installing a window dedicated to the Philadelphia 11, the first women priests ordained in The Episcopal Church, at Calvary Episcopal Church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It and the windows beside it, honoring Absalom Jones (left) and Fred Rogers, were selected for the subjects’ connection with Pennsylvania, and are located on the second floor…

[Episcopal News Service] Episcopal churches along the west coast of Alaska were hit by a storm on Oct. 8 that created heavy rain, high seas and flooding in the area, four days before remnants of Typhoon Haplong brought hurricane-force winds and rain to the state, Alaska Bishop Mark Lattime told Episcopal News Service by email….

Every October, Grace Episcopal Church in Asheville, North Carolina, host a pumpkin patch with most proceeds benefiting Consider Haiti, an Asheville-based secular nonprofit that supports self-sustaining, Haitian-led health care programs. Photo: Courtesy of Shearon Roberts [Episcopal News Service] After being postponed last year due to Hurricane Helene, Grace Episcopal Church in Asheville has resumed hosting…

The Diocese of East Tennessee headquarters building is located in Knoxville. Photo: Andrew Morehead [Episcopal News Service] The Diocese of East Tennessee wants to reduce the electric bills at its diocesan headquarters in Knoxville to zero. By installing solar panels on the roof, it estimates it will save $8,000 a year, and it plans to…

Tom Johnson, junior warden, left, the Rev. Barrett Van Buren, rector, and Ned Bergert, senior warden, stand on the 3.8-acre lot at Church of the Blessed Sacrament in Placentia, California, before a $33-36 million senior citizen housing project was completed on site. Photo: Lynette Wilson/Episcopal News Service [Diocese of Los Angeles] Across California and the…

[Religion News Service] A controversial exhibition of graffiti art opening Oct. 17 at one of Britain’s most famous medieval cathedrals has already attracted the ire of U.S. Vice President JD Vance and billionaire Elon Musk, both of whom called the show “ugly.” Called “Hear Us,” the exhibition at Canterbury Cathedral, the seat of the Church of…

[Church of England] The House of Bishops has made a series of key decisions on the future direction of the Church of England’s Living in Love and Faith process, which explores questions of relationships, sexuality and marriage. Final decisions will be taken in December. At its residential meeting last week, bishops reviewed detailed theological and…

Staff members from St. Luke in the Fields Episcopal Church in New York pose for a photo on the set of “Saturday Church,” an off-Broadway musical inspired by the church’s LGTBQ+ ministries. Photo: St. Luke in the Fields Episcopal Church [Episcopal News Service] Welcoming and supporting the LGBTQ+ community of New York’s West Village is…