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The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in New York, New York, is featuring “Notre-Dame de Paris, The Augmented Exhibition,” through Jan. 31, 2025. Photo: Courtesy of Alexa Gallo [Episcopal News Service] The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in New York City is featuring an immersive traveling exhibition on 850 years of…

Washington Bishop Mariann Budde preaches Jan. 21 at the Service of Prayer for the Nation at Washington National Cathedral. Photo: Washington National Cathedral, via Facebook [Episcopal News Service] The sermon’s duration was less than 15 minutes. Its theme – a call for unity grounded in faith at a time of political division – was hardly…

[Melbourne Anglican] Muslim, Jewish, Arab and Palestinian people in Australia might be unable to practice their religion freely because of escalating hate crimes and racism across the country, faith and human rights groups say. They denounced a recent series of hate crimes in a joint statement and warned acts of Islamophobia and antisemitism, and anti-Palestinian and…

[Church in Wales] An innovative church project, funded by the Church in Wales, has sparked extraordinary growth in youth ministry, engaging more than 160 children across three coastal parishes. Just a year ago, only two children were involved. The Faith Alive project from Bro Dwylan Ministry Area in the Diocese of Bangor combines regular family-friendly worship with…

President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Vance’s wife, Usha Vance, attend the Jan. 21 prayer service at Washington National Cathedral. Photo: Associated Press [Episcopal News Service] Washington Bishop Mariann Budde, in her Jan. 21 sermon at Washington National Cathedral’s Service of Prayer for the Nation, called on all Americans…

[Episcopal News Service] Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe and House of Deputies President Julia Ayala Harris issued a joint letter to the church on Jan. 21 emphasizing “Christ’s call to welcome the stranger” after President Donald Trump, on his first day back in office, issued a series of executive orders taking aim at migrants, refugees and…

[Anglican Communion News Service]  The Most Rev. Gilbert Rateloson Rakotondravelo was installed as the archbishop and primate of the Province of the Indian Ocean during a Jan. 19 service at the Cathedral Church of St. Mark in Fianarantsoa, Madagascar. Rakotondravelo served as bishop of Fianarantsoa before he was elected archbishop on Dec. 14, 2024. Rakotondravelo…

[Scottish Episcopal Church] The Scottish Episcopal Church has undertaken a new initiative that will offer two scholarships to applicants from the Global South, aimed at building and strengthening relationships within the Anglican Communion. Successful candidates will be active members of an Anglican Church in the Global South — which covers the regions of Africa, Asia, Caribbean,…

[Episcopal News Service] Episcopal leaders and Episcopalians are affirming the church’s long-standing public policy positions and emphasizing Jesus’ Gospel message of love for neighbor, while praying for peace and unity as the Unites States prepares for President-elect Donald Trump to take office for the second time on Jan. 20. The church’s Washington, D.C.-based Office of…

[Episcopal News Service] The National Park Service has awarded a $20,250 grant to support adding a historic designation to a Diocese of Georgia church that was founded by Deaconess Anna Alexander, The Episcopal Church’s only Black deaconess. Good Shepherd Episcopal School and Church in Glynn County was one of 20 sites nationwide that received the…