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The Rt. Rev. Hays Rockwell, the ninth bishop of the Diocese of Missouri, died Aug. 2 at his home in West Kingston, Rhode Island. Photo: Providence Journal obituary [Episcopal News Service] The Rt. Rev. Hays Rockwell, who served as a bishop in the Diocese of Missouri for 11 years, died in his sleep Aug. 2…

The Rev. Bert Baetz leads a dedication ceremony in Hunt, Texas, for an RV purchased by St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Kerrville for use as a mobile relief unit in the aftermath of the July 4 flooding in the Texas Hill Country. Photo: Lauren Vereen/St. Peter’s Episcopal Church [Episcopal News Service] It has been a…

[Anglican Church of Canada] The Most Rev. Shane Parker, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, has written to Prime Minister Mark Carney, urging him to “impose full and immediate arms embargo on Israel” in response to a General Synod resolution that called for this action. Parker also sent copies of his letter to the…

[Episcopal News Service] The Rev. Cherry Vann was elected archbishop of Wales on June 30, according to an announcement from the Church in Wales, becoming the church’s 15th archbishop and the first woman, and the first gay person, to serve in that role. This makes her the first woman archbishop serving in the United Kingdom…

The Anglican pilgrimage to the Missionary Diocese of Navajoland will begin at Good Shepherd Mission in Fort Defiance, Arizona, and journey around the diocese Aug. 1-10. Photo: Good Shepherd Mission [Episcopal News Service] Nearly three dozen Anglicans and Episcopalians representing Indigenous cultures from around the world have gathered in the Missionary Diocese of Navajoland to…

[Episcopal News Service] The Church of England Newspaper, believed to be the world’s oldest Christian newspaper, has suspended indefinitely its print production following the death of its owner and key financial backer. “I’m sorry to inform you … that the Church of England Newspaper has had to review its operations following the passing of Keith…

Bishop Yehiel Curry. Photo: Courtesy of Metropolitan Chicago Synod [Religion News Service] The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America elected its first Black leader on July 30 at its churchwide assembly meeting in Phoenix, Arizona. The Rev. Yehiel Curry, bishop of the ELCA’s Metropolitan Chicago Synod since 2019, will serve a six-year term as the denomination’s…

Members of Christ Episcopal Church in Toms River, New Jersey, urge drivers to help the parish fight the mayor’s proposal to turn the church property into parkland. Photo: Courtesy of Denise Henry [Episcopal News Service] A New Jersey church was thrust into the national spotlight in recent months when town officials targeted the property for…

Los Angeles Bishop John Harvey Taylor, center left, and Taiwan Bishop Lennon Yuan-Rung Chang, center right, celebrate the Eucharist at the Episcopal Church of Our Saviour in San Gabriel, California. Photo: Diocese of Los Angeles [Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles]  A delegation from the Diocese of Taiwan is visiting the Diocese of Los Angeles through…

A portrait of Cardinal John Henry Newman made by Sir John Everett Millais in 1881. Photo: Courtesy of Creative Commons [Religion News Service] Pope Leo XIV named St. John Henry Newman a doctor of the church on July 31, recognizing the lasting impact the 19th-century convert’s writings on conscience and the development of doctrine have had…