Anglican showdown over gays looms in New Orleans
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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.
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By ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY  DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania - Leaders of the world's 77 million Anglicans spent Thursday locked in discussion about the church's American wing, whose leader is under increasing pressure to reconsider her support for ordaining gays and blessing same-sex couples.
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Anglican Church heads gather in Tanzania for a summit likely to be dominated by the divisive issue of gay clergy.
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A new report which aims to heal divisions over homosexuality in the Anglican Church is due out on Monday.
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Anglican leaders met on Friday to consider a report about the U.S. church's response to criticism of its backing of gay clergy and same sex unions, in a row threatening to tear the church apart.
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Leaders of the world's 77 million Anglicans on Thursday were to discuss the liberal stance on gays taken by the church's American wing, as concerns about gay priests and same-sex unions threaten to break apart the Christian denomination.
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The Anglican church is deeply divided and could "implode and self-destruct" over gay clerics and other sensitive issues, a senior advisor to the Archbishop of Canterbury warned.
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The liberal U.S. church now faces a tough decision: give up its liberal policies on gay priests and same-sex marriage, or be shunned by the worldwide Anglican Communion
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Top British Anglican leaders are bringing new pressure on the Episcopal General Convention to enact a ban on electing gay bishops before the assembly ends next week.
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Anglican leaders demanded Monday that the U.S. Episcopal Church unequivocally bar official prayers for gay couples and the consecration of more gay bishops to undo the damage that North Americans have caused the Anglican family.
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An Anglican Church report issued this  week lays the groundwork for resolving a potential schism  between liberals and conservatives over homosexuality, the gay  U.S. bishop at the heart of the dispute said on Wednesday.
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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.
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The Anglicans' spiritual leader, faced with a deepening rift over homosexuality and scripture in the worldwide Anglican Communion, called Sunday for humility among bishops as the conflict threatens to fracture the church.
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A global meeting of Anglican leaders in Tanzania will focus on the issue of homosexuality, which currently threatens to break the church apart.
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People think the Anglican church is obsessed with sex in a battle over homosexuality that "very few really want to be fighting," Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams said on Monday.
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Anglican leaders, buffeted by a bitter  row over gay bishops, put the finishing touches on Monday to a  crucial report seeking to heal deep divisions in the church.
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A conference of Anglican leaders opened Wednesday as the 77 million-member church struggles with a potentially disastrous fight over the Bible and sexuality.