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[Episcopal News Service] The Most Rev. Nestor Dagas Poltic Sr. was installed March 12 as the eighth prime bishop of the Episcopal Church in the Philippines at the Cathedral of St. Mary and St. John in Quezon City, succeeding retired Prime Bishop Brent Harry Alawas. The Most Rev. Nestor Dagas Poltic Sr. was installed March…

Orchard View Gardens, an affordable 66-unit senior housing complex at St. Joseph’s Episcopal Church in Buena Park, California, opened in March 2025. Photo: Diocese of Los Angeles [Diocese of Los Angeles] The March 12 opening of Orchard View Gardens, the affordable 66-unit senior housing complex at St. Joseph’s Episcopal Church in Buena Park, California, marked…

[Episcopal News Service] New York Bishop Matthew Heyd has issued a statement condemning the attempted deportation of a lawful permanent U.S. resident for his involvement last year protesting the war in Gaza while he was a graduate student at Columbia University. Mahmoud Khalil, who is Palestinian, was arrested March 8 by immigration agents and is…

[Episcopal News Service] A church in the Diocese of New Jersey is seeking authorization to build a 17-bed homeless shelter next to an existing outreach facility on its property, and the plan is facing local resistance. Christ Episcopal Church in Toms River, a coastal town of about 100,000, is seeking approval of the plan from…

[World Council of Churches] World Council of Churches general secretary the Rev. Jerry Pillay expressed deep sorrow and grave concern over the recent tragic developments in Syria, where, according to some sources, more than 1,000 civilians, primarily from the Alawite community, have been massacred. “We underscore the joint statement issued by the Heads of Churches…

Note: The Church in Wales has issued the following statement about Anthony Pierce, the former bishop of Swansea and Brecon who in February admitted to five counts of indecent assault on a male child under the age of 16. The offences took place between 1985 and 1990, when Pierce was a parish priest in West…

The Rev. Lauren Grubaugh Thomas celebrates a baptism in 2024 at Colorado’s Chatfield Reservoir State Park with members of the new worshipping community Grubaugh Thomas started, Holy Communion. Photo courtesy of Lauren Grubaugh Thomas [Episcopal News Service] The Rev. Lauren Grubaugh Thomas is in the early stages of forming a new worshiping community in Sterling…

[Office of the Archbishop of York] Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell began his Lord’s Prayer tour across northern England with a service of Choral Evensong at York Minster on March 7. The tour will visit cathedrals and churches, exploring the words of the Lord’s Prayer through teaching, reflection and music. At the heart of the…

[Church in Wales] Saint Deiniol’s Cathedral in Bangor, Wales,  has been awarded “The Freedom of the City of Bangor,” the highest honor the City Council can bestow, in recognition of its substantial contributions to the community throughout its long history. The award comes as the city celebrates its 1500th anniversary in 2025. In a unanimous decision…

The Rev. Spencer Reese, vicar of St. Paul’s, Wickford, Rhode Island, and an accomplished poet, is the recipient of the 2025 John Updike Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Photo: Spencer Reese [Episcopal News Service] Episcopal priest and poet the Rev. Spencer Reese last week was awarded the John Updike Award from…