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[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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

[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…

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…

London Bishop Sarah Mullally was approved by King Charles III as the 106th archbishop of Canterbury, the spiritual leader of the world’s 85 million Anglicans, on Oct. 3, 2025. Photo: Alberto Pezzali/AP [Episcopal News Service] London Bishop Sarah Mullally has been chosen as the next archbishop of Canterbury, becoming the first woman to serve in…

[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…

The 2025 Ancient Order Radical Vocation Conference, commonly known as RADVO, took place Sept. 25-27 at the Church of the Incarnation in Dallas, Texas. Photo: Courtesy of Kimberly Durnan [Diocese of Dallas] The message of hope in a tumultuous world is the death, resurrection and ascension of Jesus Christ, and the recurring theme for the…