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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…

Every October, Christ Church in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, hosts a pumpkin patch to raise money to support its ministries and the local food pantry and education programs. Photo: Courtesy of Nicholas “Nick” D’Amato [Episcopal News Service] Christ Church in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, will host its 20th annual volunteer-led pumpkin patch Oct. 6-31. Proceeds from the…

Bishop John Howard led the Jacksonville-based Diocese of Florida from 2004 to 2023. Photo: Diocese of Florida [Episcopal News Service] Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe has reached an agreement with former Florida Bishop John Howard to end the two Title IV cases against Howard without any disciplinary action and without Howard admitting any wrongdoing. Rowe said…

[Church of England] Congregation members from two parishes will be marking the United Kingdom’s Black History Month – October – by celebrating their connection to one of the 18th century’s most famous figures in the campaign to abolish the transatlantic slave trade. Writer and campaigner Olaudah Equiano, who was enslaved but later bought his own…

[Anglican Communion News Service] The president of the Malagasy Episcopal Church, the Rt. Rev. Samoela Jaona Ranarivelo, has shared a statement calling for peace and stability in Madagascar following violence and killings around Gen-Z protests. The church is in the Province of the Indian Ocean. Issued on Sept. 29, the statement expresses “deepest sympathy to those…

Pastor Michael Marcela and the Rev. Robert Hartmans check in with each other on a Sunday morning. Photo: Kyla Willoughby [Faith & Leadership] It was raining hard in Valle Crucis, North Carolina, as the Rev. Robert Hartmans unloaded boxes and hauled furniture into the parsonage that would be home for the next year for him,…

[Anglican Communion News Service] Anglican Communion Secretary General Bishop Anthony Poggo, attended a service of commissioning in the Diocese of Kildare to celebrate the heritage of pioneer ministry in the Church of Ireland and announce a new outreach mission project. A new diocesan pioneer ministry project, “The Community of the Celtic Cross,” is being established in…

Western North Carolina Bishop José McLoughlin (center) raises a chalice during the Sept. 27 “Bearing Witness” service that marked one year ater the diocese was hit by Hurricane Helene. Standing with McLoughlin are (from left) the Rev. Kelsey Davis, bishop’s deputy for disaster response; Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe; Western North Carolina Archdeacon Brenda Gilbert; the…

[Episcopal News Service] Two bishops from nearby dioceses will begin assisting the Diocese of Florida on Oct. 1 as it continues a prolonged leadership transition and seeks a new diocesan bishop. The Jacksonville-based Diocese of Florida announced recently that Central Florida Justin Holcomb and Southwest Florida Bishop Douglas Scharf have agreed to serve as assisting…

People from across the Diocese of Alabama gather at St. Mary’s-on-the-Highlands Episcopal Church in Birmingham on Sept. 25 for a celebration Eucharist honoring the success of the “Equipping the Saints” capital campaign. Photo: Courtesy of Nana Afia Tenkoramaa [Diocese of Alabama] The Diocese of Alabama has surpassed its goal of $7.5 million for the “Equipping…