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[Church in Wales] On Oct. 8, members of the Porvoo Communion gathered at St. David’s Church, Cardiff, Wales, to celebrate the inclusion of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Faroe Islands into the communion. This formal alignment was marked during the Porvoo Theological Conference, taking place Oct. 7-9 with the theme, The 1700th Anniversary of…

London Bishop Sarah Mullally was announced Oct. 3 as the archbishop of Canterbury-designate. Photo: Anglican Communion News Service [Episcopal News Service] The announcement last week that London Bishop Sarah Mullally would become the Church of England’s first female archbishop of Canterbury was cheered by many in The Episcopal Church and in provinces across the Anglican…

[Church of England] Shortly after the announcement of her nomination as the next archbishop of Canterbury, London Bishop Sarah Mullally delivered an address at Canterbury Cathedral, reflecting on her calling, the challenges facing the church and her hopes for its future. Rooted in her early vocation as a nurse and shaped by her ministry in…

Province VIII ECW retreat attendees stand on and in front of the parade float of Good Shepherd Church on the Shoshone Bannock Reservation in Fort Hall, Idaho. Photo: Pat McCaughan [Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles] Fry bread — a staple made of the simple ingredients once rationed to Native people during U.S. government-forced relocations to reservations…

Tamara Mykhalevych, a Ukrainian refugee, leads a musical improvisational exercise during a conference last month at Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Geneva, Switzerland. Mykhalevych teaches music and movement classes at the church’s Refugee Welcome Center. Janet Day-Strehlow, who chairs the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe’s Institute for Christian Studies, looks on. Photo: Lynette Wilson [Episcopal…

During a special Sept. 21 worship service, 13 young adults, now part of the 2025-2026 cohort, were vested in robes signifying their membership in the Community at the Crossing and formally received into the larger Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine community in New York. Photo: Hannah Spiers [Episcopal News Service] The third cohort…

[Episcopal News Service] The Episcopal Diocese of New York has created a new Immigrant Legal Support Fund to help asylum-seekers and others applying for special immigration status pay new fees that now are required when they make their legal claims. In an Oct. 4 email, New York Bishop Matthew Heyd said the fund offers the…

A bicyclist rides past federal immigration agents walking North Clark Street near West Oak Street in River North, Chicago, on Sept. 28. Photo: Chicago Sun-Times via AP [Episcopal News Service] Episcopalians in the Diocese of Chicago are calling for the immediate release of a church member who was detained last month by federal immigration officials…

Note: After the Oct. 3 announcement that London Bishop Sarah Mullally has been named the 106th archbishop of Canterbury, the Church of England has outlined the next steps in the process leading to her formal installation in March 2026. Those steps are outlined below. [Church of England] The Canterbury Crown Nominations Commission nominated the name…

[Episcopal News Service] The primary complainant in one of the two disciplinary cases against John Howard, former bishop of the Diocese of Florida, released a written statement Oct. 3 voicing strong disagreement with Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe for his decision to end the cases against Howard before they reached a hearing. The Rev. Elyse Gustafson…