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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…

[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…

[Episcopal News Service] The Episcopal Church’s Green Caucus is relaunching an environment-themed Compline series, with monthly online worship services beginning Oct. 6 in celebration of the Feast of St. Francis and the conclusion of the Season of Creation. Compline is a nighttime liturgy in the Book of Common Prayer that completes the Daily Office cycle…

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…