U.S. Episcopal Church Is Urged to Apologize for Gay Bishop
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The U.S. Episcopal Church was asked to apologize and refrain from promoting any other clergy living in a same-sex union.
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Anglican leaders discussed on Thursday the U.S. response to a report criticizing the church there for backing gay priests and same-sex unions, a row that could split the third-largest Christian denomination.
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LONDON - Anglicans hope a long-awaited report will resolve divisions within the church that have intensified with the ordination of an openly gay bishop in the United States.    The ordination last November of Bishop V...
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An Anglican Church commission rebuked the Episcopal Church USA for ordaining a gay bishop and blessing same-sex unions.
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The archbishop of Canterbury strongly suggested yesterday that apologies from the US Episcopal Church for creating a controversy by ordaining an openly gay priest as a bishop had not gone far enough to heal a breach in the worldwide Anglican Communion. He called on the American church to repent.
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The first openly gay bishop in the Episcopal Church expressed regret yesterday over the divisions his elevation has caused among Christians, particularly in developing countries, where, he
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LONDON Oct. 18, 2004 - An Anglican church commission sharply criticized the US Episcopal Church on Monday for consecrating a gay bishop and called on the Americans to apologize or risk losing some of their influence with sister churches worldwide.
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LONDON (CP) - An Anglican Church commission urged Canadian dioceses to stop blessing same-sex relationships on Monday and encouraged both sides of the divide over homosexuality to apologize as a first step in reconciling differences that threaten to split
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Anglican leaders, striving to stop their  loose association of churches falling apart, urged North  American Episcopalians Monday to ban same-sex marriages and the  consecration of gay bishops.
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The US diocese that appointed a gay bishop says it regrets the &quot;pain and confusion&quot; it had caused the Anglican church. The Windsor report, published on Monday, called for an apology for the appointment of
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LONDON - An Anglican church commission sharply criticized the U.S. Episcopal Church on Monday for consecrating a gay bishop and called on the Americans to apologize or risk losing some of their influence with sister churches worldwide...
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The first openly gay bishop in the Episcopal Church expressed regret over the divisions his elevation has caused among Christians, particularly in developing countries.
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The Episcopal Church&#039;s top policymaking body struggled Friday to balance Anglican demands to temporarily bar gays from becoming bishops with pleas from liberals against such a move.
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Anglican leaders, striving to stop their  loose association of churches falling apart, urged North  American Episcopalians on Monday to ban same-sex marriages and  the consecration of gay bishops.
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One of the leaders of conservative Episcopal clergy said that a signed statement of "sincere regret" by U.S. bishops fell short of what was needed to heal a rift in the church over the consecration of a gay bishop.
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Episcopal delegates asked church leaders Wednesday to &quot;exercise restraint&quot; when considering openly gay candidates for bishop, a vote that ended days of painful debate but fell far short of demands to preserve Anglican unity by banning gay bishops.
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The U.S. Episcopal Church is in the middle of a wrenching debate that could end with its departure from the Worldwide Anglican Communion over disagreements about gay clergy and same-sex unions.