Church & Public Safety: Firefighters responded to a church blaze in Tellico Plains, Tennessee, after flames broke out on Beaty’s Chapel Road; Local Emergency Response: In Kilburn, UK, a “large fire” at a church on Chapel Street led to evacuations of nearby homes as police cleared the area; Legal & Church Accountability: Catholic bishop David Oakley of Northampton faced a next-step hearing after being charged with rape of a minor, with a dismissal hearing set for January; Faith, Policy & Rights: California’s Education Department said a district erred when it treated a teacher’s Holocaust/Gaza materials as non-discriminatory toward Jewish students; Interfaith & Anti-Prejudice Push: Wales faith leaders urged the Senedd to reject religious and ethnic prejudice, naming antisemitism, Islamophobia, and anti-Hindu prejudice; Jewish High Holidays: Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown Sept. 11, with communities across the U.S. preparing amid heightened security concerns; Hate Crime Alerts: Ventura, California police are investigating antisemitic vandalism at a Jewish temple, a church, and a park; Religious Freedom Abroad: Ukraine’s state service flagged the Boryspil Diocese of the UOC as structurally tied to a banned foreign religious organization; Religion & IVF: A Catholic publication profiles a physician’s shift in fertility care decisions amid Church teaching on IVF.