Episcopalians try to prevent split
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With the Anglican world anxiously waiting, Episcopal leaders weighed their response to demands that they bar any more gays from becoming bishops.
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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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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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U.S. Episcopal Church bishops told Anglican leaders around the world on Tuesday that they will urge restraint in elevating gays or lesbians to the position of bishop and will not authorize rites to be used for the blessing of same-sex marriages.
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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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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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Episcopal bishops, under intense pressure from Anglicans to ease their support for gays, said Monday they were crafting a straightforward statement that reflects their deep desire to remain in the global Anglican fellowship.
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FARGO, ND - A report expected Monday should provide a plan to move the worldwide Anglican Communion through internal divisions following the appointment of an openly gay bishop, North Dakota&#39;s Episcopal bishop said.
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DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania -- Leaders of the world's 77 million Anglicans opened a crucial meeting yesterday as the church struggles to reconcile Scripture and homosexuality, with the American wing coming under increasing pressure to reconsider its liberal stance on gays.
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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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Two of the biggest Episcopal parishes in Virginia are poised to break from the denomination to join overseas Anglicans forming a conservative U.S. rival to The Episcopal Church.
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Episcopal leaders offered conservatives more independence from the national church Thursday, just ahead of a California diocese's vote on whether it should split from the denomination.
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Anglican leaders concluded their five-day meeting in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, yesterday by issuing a demand that the U.S. Episcopal Church unequivocally stop blessing same-sex unions and consecrating any more gay bishops.
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A keenly awaited report will be delivered Monday aimed at settling a row over gay clergy that has deeply divided the worldwide Anglican Communion.
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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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PROVIDENCE, RI -- A coalition of conservative New England Episcopalians has split from the national church, forming four new congregations in part because of last year&#39;s consecration of a gay bishop.
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Episcopal clergymen in Central New Jersey yesterday weclomed further discussions about their faith but showed no sign of giving in to an Anglican Church commission that urged the US Episcopal Church not to elect any more gay bishops.