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[Episcopal News Service] When the Rt. Rev. Given Gaula, bishop of the Missionary Diocese of Kondoa in the Anglican Church of Tanzania, was a student at Virginia Theological Seminary, he befriended the Rev. Charles Fels, now a retired priest in the Diocese of East Tennessee. They graduated in 2010 and have maintained a friendship that…

[Episcopal News Service] The Missionary Diocese of Navajoland said in a Dec. 15 statement that it is moving the election date of its first bishop from Jan. 3, 2026, to sometime in June. On Nov. 10, the diocese announced a three-candidate slate: The Rev. Alyssa Stebbing, rector of St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church, Austin, Diocese of…

[Episcopal News Service] An Alabama native and member of the Episcopal Cathedral Church of the Advent in Birmingham was remembered by her congregation as “an incredibly grounded and generous and faithful bright light” after she was identified as one of two students killed Dec. 13 in a shooting at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island….

[Anglican Communion News Service] The Rt. Rev. Anthony Poggo, secretary general of the Anglican Communion, has issued the following Christmas message. My dear brothers and sisters, on behalf of everyone at the Anglican Communion Office, I send you warm greetings in Christ. It is a joy to serve the Anglican Communion. This year, I’ve had…

[ Episcopal News Service] In the wake of the Dec. 14 attack during a Hannukah celebration by Jewish Australians at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, that left at least 15 people dead and 27 wounded, Anglican leaders have issued the following statements. From the Anglican Communion Office:  We pray for the people and communities of…

[Anglican Communion News Service] The members of the Inter Anglican Standing Commission on Unity, Faith and Order have issued a communique following their meeting in Rome. Download the Communiqué here or read it below. The 2025 meeting of IASCUFO took place in Rome from 7 to 11 December. The Commission was grateful for the hospitality of…

2023 Las Posadas celebration at St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Photo: Courtesy of Danielle Thomas [Episcopal News Service] Members of St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, a congregation with a large Latino membership, will celebrate Las Posadas next week. The Advent holiday is observed in some Latin American countries and…

Timothy Gee, an Executive Council member from the Diocese of El Camino Real and chair of the council’s Finance Committee, begins the council’s budget discussion Dec. 11 in an online meeting. [Episcopal News Service] Executive Council, The Episcopal Church’s governing body between meetings of General Convention, met online Dec. 11 and adopted a $45 million budget…

[Episcopal News Service] The Diocese of Dallas is trying to remove one of its priests, the Rev. Edward Monk, from the priesthood after criminal and diocesan investigations found he allegedly stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from the congregation he had served for two decades. In Monk’s appeal of that punishment to the churchwide Court…

[Episcopal News Service] Two Iranian-born asylum-seekers who have been active for the past three years at an Episcopal church in suburban Washington, D.C., are fighting for their freedom after being detained by federal immigration agents and threatened with deportation. Their congregation, St. Thomas Episcopal Church in McLean, Virginia, is praying for and rallying behind the…