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The Very Rev. Winnie Varghese (left), dean of the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, and New York Bishop Matthew Heyd share a social media-style frame during the launch of the new #onesingleact campaign. Photo: Courtesy Diocese of new York [Episcopal News Service] The Episcopal Diocese of New York, the Cathedral Church of St….

Onlookers in Kerrville, Texas, look down July 6 over the damage along the Guadalupe River. Photo: Associated Press [Episcopal News Service] Episcopal leaders are calling for prayers and donations to assist relief efforts in central Texas after flooding there killed more than 80 people. Most of the victims were in Kerr County, including 27 children…

[Religion News Service] As record‑breaking heat waves scorch much of Europe — with triple‑digit temperatures, wildfires and deaths reported — the Vatican on July 3 released a new liturgy for the Mass reflecting concern for the environment, offering prayers, readings and hymns that highlight the church’s responsibility to protect the Earth. This new Mass “can be…

Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe. [Episcopal News Service] In an opinion piece originally published July 3 in Religion News Service, Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe reflected on The Episcopal Church’s history as it has emerged as an institutional leader in “resisting” the Trump Administration’s “overreach and recklessness” since President Donald Trump took office in January. Rowe’s op-ed…

[Church of England] More than 150 people from across the world attended a gathering on the Anglican Church’s involvement in transatlantic chattel slavery and its contemporary legacies, addressed by a series of speakers from the United Kingdom, the United States, Europe, Africa and the Caribbean. The “Truth Telling” event, which took place June 23-25, was…

[Episcopal News Service] Tennessee Bishop John Bauerschmidt announced June 30 that he plans to step down from leading the Nashville-based diocese in January 2027, and called for the election of his successor. Bauerschmidt, a native of Virginia, has served as bishop of the Diocese of Tennessee since 2007. His diocese includes Episcopal congregations in the central…

Warren Hawk speaks last weekend at the 153rd Niobrara Convocation in Eagle Butte, South Dakota. Photo: Cheyenne River Episcopal Mission, via Facebook [Episcopal News Service] Indigenous Episcopalians in South Dakota, inspired by Navajo Episcopalians’ recent creation of their own missionary diocese, are taking steps to explore the possibilities and challenges of forming their dozens of…

[Episcopal News Service] The Episcopal Church’s Court of Review has ordered the reversal of the Diocese of Virginia’s discipline of a priest over his refusal to administer Communion – a so-called “Eucharistic fast” that the priest, who is white, said he felt called to as a kind of protest against racial injustice. Under the church’s…

A pole barn structure rises at Holy Innocents Episcopal Church in Parmelee, South Dakota, and will become the new church building when it is finished, replacing a historic church that was destroyed in a 2023 fire. Photo: Diocese of South Dakota [Episcopal News Service] A small South Dakota congregation whose church was destroyed by fire…

The Oak Ridge Fire sparked on June 28, 2025, on the Navajo Nation in northeastern Arizona. As of July 2, the wildfire has burned more than 10,000 acres and is 1% contained. Photo: 25th Navajo Nation Council/Facebook [Episcopal News Service] The Episcopal Church in Navajoland is calling for prayers as a wildfire that sparked June…