Anglican summit scrutinizes U.S stance on gay clergy
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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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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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Leaders consider compromise to prevent global rupture in Anglican communion.
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An Anglican commission sharply criticized the U.S. Episcopal Church on Monday for consecrating a gay bishop and called on the Americans to apologize.
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OXFORD, England (CNS) Catholic leaders have reacted cautiously to a major Anglican Communion report that establishes guidelines for tackling controversial issues such as blessing same-sex unions and ordaining ...
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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 church to apologize and refrain from promoting any other clergy living in a same-sex union...
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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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Episcopal bishops were tight-lipped on Thursday about meetings with the Archbishop of Canterbury aimed at healing a rift in their church over the ordaining of gay bishops and the blessing of same-sex unions.
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U.S. Episcopal bishops began a conference on Thursday expected to be dominated by a schism over gay clergy and same-sex unions that threatens to split the global Anglican church.
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African Anglican bishops said Monday that they were considering establishing a theology that conforms to the continent&#39;s culture, including prevailing beliefs against same-sex unions.
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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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Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams said on Friday the Anglican Communion he heads cannot agree if the United States Episcopal Church has stepped back from its liberal stands on gay bishops and scriptural authority.
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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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African bishops representing a majority  of the world's Anglicans said on Friday North American sections  that embrace homosexuality should be seen as following a  different religion.
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The Anglican Church will announce today if it is to sanction liberals in North America who ordained an openly gay bishop and approved same-sex marriages.
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Conservative church leaders plan summit for bishops expected to boycott archbishop's conference
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Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams held crisis talks Thursday with US bishops to prevent a split in the global communion as a deadline approaches for the US church to reverse its liberal stance on homosexuality.