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[Anglican Church of Canada] Two prominent Anglican ecumenists were awarded the King Charles III Coronation Medal on June 20: Alyson Barnett-Cowan, former president of the Canadian Council of Churches, and Archdeacon Edward Simonton, vicar general and archdeacon of the Diocese of Quebec. They were nominated by the Canadian Council of Churches and the Anglican Orthodox International…

[Anglican Church of Canada] Archdeacon Alan Perry is no longer the general secretary of General Synod, per a press release posted on anglican.ca Sept. 3. The release does not specify a reason for the ending of his employment in the role. It states that he is a priest of the Anglican Church of Canada in good…

[Church of England] The Church of England’s safeguarding director, Alex Kubeyinje, has reflected on the church’s safeguarding work, the importance of listening to victims and survivors, and his own leadership during a wide-ranging conversation with the Social Work Unfiltered podcast. Kubeyinje’s career began in social work, shaped by growing up in a deprived area where many…

The Rt. Rev. Robert Price greets worshipers at the Church of the Incarnation in Dallas, Texas, after a Sept. 6 service in which he was ordained and consecrated bishop coadjutor of the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas. Photo: Kimberley Durnan Davis [Episcopal News Service] Robert P. Price was consecrated bishop coadjutor of the Episcopal Diocese of…

Hundreds of LGBTQ+ Catholics gather outside the Church of Gesù after they attended a Mass on Sept. 6 for the Jubilee Year in Rome. Photo: Sipa via Associated Press [Episcopal News Service – Rome, Italy] Marianne Duddy-Burke rested in the shade outside St. Paul’s Within the Walls on Sept. 6 after a historic day for…

All Saints’ Episcopal Church has purchased and will renovate a former United Methodist church to serve as the Episcopal congregation’s new home. Photo: All Saints’ Episcopal Church [Episcopal News Service] A prominent Episcopal congregation in Fort Worth, Texas, that was forced out of its church building and rectory in 2021 over a property dispute with…

Scott Bader-Saye was installed as the ninth president and dean of the Seminary of the Southwest in January 2025. Photo: Seminary of the Southwest [Episcopal News Service] The Board of Seminary of the Southwest yesterday terminated President and Dean Scott Bader-Saye “effective immediately,” according to a Sept. 5 letter to alumni and friends from the…

Corey Schlosser-Hall, the Presbyterian Church’s deputy executive director, gives introductory remarks Sept. 2 at the Faithful Futures conference, held at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Photo: David Paulsen/Episcopal News Service [Episcopal News Service – Minneapolis, Minnesota] Some of the most tech-forward minds in the Protestant church gathered here this week at the Faithful Futures…

[Episcopal News Service] The Very Rev. Bernard J. Owens, dean of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Cleveland, Ohio, on Sept. 4 issued a statement saying the cathedral’s communications manager, Brett Boardwine, has been placed on administrative leave after he was charged with attempted sexual conduct with a minor, and “importuning,” the legal term for soliciting a…

[Episcopal News Service] New Hampshire Bishop Robert Hirschfeld announced in a Sept. 5 emailed message to the diocese that he plans to retire in March 2027, starting the diocese on the process to seek and elect his successor. Hirschfeld, the diocese’s 10th bishop, was consecrated and took office in August 2012, having previously served as…