Gay US bishop: I will not resign
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Gay bishop Gene Robinson has told the BBC he regrets the pain caused by his consecration but vows not to resign.
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The spiritual head of the U.S. Episcopal Church said on Friday its leaders would likely respond in full next week to a request by the broader Anglican communion that it stop ordaining openly gay bishops and outlaw the blessing of same-sex marriages.
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Episcopal leaders, pressured to roll back their support for gays to keep the world Anglican family from crumbling, affirmed Tuesday that they will "exercise restraint" in approving another gay bishop and will not approve prayers to bless same-sex couples.
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The head of the Episcopal Church asked church members for patience Tuesday after fellow Anglican leaders demanded the U.S. denomination step back from its support of gays or risk losing its full membership in the world Anglican fellowship.
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Episcopal clergy and lay delegates Tuesday rejected a demand from fellow Anglicans that they temporarily stop electing gay bishops, leaving little chance the proposal could be revived at a national church meeting.
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Conservative American Anglicans opposed   to the ordination of gay clergy must break away from their   liberal colleagues in order to be recognized by traditionalists   in the developing world, a bishops group said.
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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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The first Episcopal bishop who admits being gay said Wednesday that he regretted that his groundbreaking elevation to the church leadership created turmoil in the Anglican Communion.
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The gay bishop at the center of the debate over homosexuality that has riven the global Anglican Communion said Wednesday he was sorry conservatives were upset by his consecration, but said he had no regrets about his groundbreaking elevation to church leadership.
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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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Cautious optimism greets church report that offers road to reconciliation after US wing approved a gay bishop. By Jane Lampman | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.
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LONDON - An Anglican church commission on Monday urged the U.S. Episcopal Church not to elect any more gay bishops and called on conservative African bishops to stop meddling in the affairs of other dioceses...
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MONTPELIER, Vt. Vermont Episcopal priests will continue to bless same-sex unions despite criticism from an Anglican church commission.
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The Inclusive Church movement has said it is pleased that the Lambeth Commission on Communion which published its report today, has not recommended the suspension or expulsion of the Episcopal Church USA from the Anglican Communion, or called for Bishop
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The Church's opposition to gay marriage is "non-negotiable" and Catholic politicians have a moral duty to oppose it, as well as laws on abortion and euthanasia, Pope Benedict said in a document issued on Tuesday.
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As Anglicans around the world try to resolve their deep rift over homosexuality, the gay American bishop at the center of the fight is offering a concession to his critics.
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Openly gay Episcopal Bishop V. Gene Robinson said Wednesday that he regrets strife throughout the Anglican community caused by his elevation to bishop of the New Hampshire Diocese, but he is not sorry he accepted the position.