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The Rt. Rev. Richard Grein, seventh bishop of Kansas and 14th bishop of New York, died Oct. 8. He was 92. [Episcopal News Service] The Rt. Rev. Richard Grein, the seventh bishop of Kansas and the 14th bishop of New York, died Oct. 8 at his home in Portland, Oregon. He was 92. The announcement…

Presiding Bishop-elect Sean Rowe addresses the Diocese of Wisconsin convention during a speech Oct. 4 in Stevens Point. Photo: David Paulsen/Episcopal News Service [Episcopal News Service] Two decades ago, the future of The Episcopal Church looked grand, ambitious and much bigger. The bishops and deputies at the 74th General Convention, meeting in summer 2003, embraced…

[Anglican Communion News Service] The Nippon Sei Ko Kai (The Anglican Church in Japan) has paid tribute to Nihon Hidankyo, the Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, which has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Nihon Hidankyo began in 1956. It is a grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It lobbies…

The Rev. Angela Maria Cortiñas [The Episcopal Diocese of West Texas] The Episcopal Diocese of West Texas has elected the Rev. Angela Maria Cortiñas as its next bishop suffragan. Cortiñas currently serves as associate rector of St. David’s Episcopal Church in Austin, Texas. She will be consecrated and installed as the seventh bishop suffragan of West…

[Anglican Church of Canada] Members of the board of the Anglican Church of Canada’s global charity arm, until now known as the Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF), have voted to rename it Alongside Hope.   The Rev. Cynthia Haines-Turner, a member of the charity’s board, says it has been discussing the need for a new…

[Churches for Middle East Peace] Twenty top Christian leaders, including Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, have issued a letter dated Oct. 15 to both Kamala Harris’ and Donald Trump’s campaigns to express a shared deep concern regarding the ongoing injustice and violations of human rights in Israel/Palestine. The leaders write, “Even as our primary focus for…

Holy Cross Church in Sugar Land, Texas, has hosted a pumpkin patch since 2007, an event that brings in people from across the community for activities as well as pumpkins. Photo: Facebook [Episcopal News Service] More than two dozen Episcopal churches, large and small, across the United States are hosting pumpkin patches in October. Pumpkins…

A group gathers to protest Citigroup at the investment group’s headquarters on Aug. 1, 2024, in New York City. (Diego Henriquez, courtesy of GreenFaith) [Religion News Service] In mid-September, Val Smith, chief sustainability officer at Citigroup, one of the United States’ Big Four of banking, met with four religious environmental activists to discuss the company’s record…

Gloria Dei (Old Swedes’) Episcopal Church in Philadelphia is Pennsylvania’s oldest church and oldest surviving brick building. Its graveyard has remained in operation since it began receiving burials around 1677. Today, the the remains of an estimated 5,000 people are interred there, but only about 1,000 of them are on record. Photo: Gloria Dei (Old…

[World Council of Churches] The World Council of Churches welcomed the news that the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, the Japanese organization of survivors of the nuclear bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. The organization was given this award for their work to call for a world without nuclear…