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Although churches often have served as polling places and have encouraged people to vote, they had been prohibited from endorsing candidates during worship services until a July 7 change in Internal Revenue Service policy. Photo: Egan Millard/Episcopal News Service [Episcopal News Service] Bishops in at least six dioceses of The Episcopal Church have issued statements…

[Anglican Communion News Service] In light of continued demonstrations for governmental reform, which are becoming increasingly dangerous to attend, the Anglican Church of Kenya grieves with those who have lost loved ones due to police brutality and raises significant questions to political leaders and ordinary citizens about the kind of country they want Kenya to become….

[Church of England] General Synod on July 12 debated the 2026-2028 triennium funding package that was announced in June. The proposals will see $2.1 billion distributed to fund the mission and ministry of the church during 2026-2028 and will support a major package of measures for clergy well-being and a focus on supporting parishes in…

[Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem] The following statement was issued on July 14 by the Council of Patriarchs and Heads of Churches of Jerusalem. We, the Council of Patriarchs and Heads of Churches of Jerusalem, are here today in Taybeh in solidarity with the local community following an intensifying trend of systemic and targeted attacks against…

Every Thursday, St. James’ Episcopal Church in Waimea on Hawai‘i’s Big Island serves free meals for 700 people through its Community Meals Ministry. The meals also include live entertainment. Photo: St. James’ Episcopal Church [Episcopal News Service] Since St. James’ Episcopal Church in Waimea, Hawai‘i, began its Community Meals Ministry in December 2016, over 700…

[Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles] The Los Angeles Council of Religious Leaders on July 11 demanded an immediate end to federal roundups of immigrant workers and called for policy reform, including regularization of some 12 million undocumented workers resident in the United States before asylee admissions spiked. Full text of the council’s statement — endorsed…

[Episcopal News Service] A new church in the Diocese of Alabama didn’t let a car crashing into its space on July 9 keep it from worshiping the following Sunday. Riverside Episcopal Church began worshiping in a storefront space in McCalla in April. No one was in the building at the time of the crash. A…

Dan Beazley, left, holds a large cross as he prays with visitors at a memorial for flood victims on July 10 in Kerrville, Texas. Photo: Associated Press [Episcopal News Service] St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Kerrville, Texas, has been open daily this week for residents seeking a place for prayer as the community deals with…

Bishop Telesforo Alexander Isaac was consecrated bishpo in 1972 and led the Diocese of the Dominican Republic until 1991. Photo: Diocese of the Dominican Republic [Episcopal News Service] The Diocese of the Dominican Republic and Episcopal leaders churchwide are paying tribute to Bishop Telésforo Alexander Isaac, the church’s first native Dominican bishop, who died July…

The structure that had been the home of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Akron, Ohio, until 1952 and has ties to the founding of Alcoholics Anonymous and noted citizens of the city, was slated for demolition in June until the owner received a 90-day reprieve. Photo: Google map street view [Episcopal News Service] An Akron,…