Gay Bishop Says He Has No Plans to Step Down
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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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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 leader of the world's Anglicans said on Friday that the Church of England will not resist the British government's attempt to repeal the country's blasphemy laws.
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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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An excommunicated Roman Catholic archbishop continued to defy the Vatican when he installed two married priests as bishops on Sunday.
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ZANZIBAR, Tanzania -- The Anglicans' spiritual leader, faced with a deepening rift over homosexuality and scripture in the worldwide Anglican Communion, called yesterday for humility among bishops as the conflict threatens to fracture the church.
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ZANZIBAR, Tanzania, Feb. 18 -- 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 threatened to fracture the church.
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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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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.
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The leader of Anglicans in the United  States said Sunday he thought a ban on the blessing of same-sex  marriages was unlikely as the Anglican Church struggles to  resolve a potential schism over homosexuality.
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Some clergy have criticized what they regarded as the churchâs leftward drift, including the consecration of an openly gay bishop.
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The Church of England will never soften its opposition to euthanasia, even in the case of the terminally ill who clearly wish to die, the head of the worldwide Anglican church has said.
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TORONTO (CP) - An Anglican Church commission urging Canadian dioceses to stop blessing same-sex relationships isn't binding and won't likely have an immediate impact on the practices of individual parishes, says the church's Canadian primate.
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Uganda's Anglican Archbishop Henry Luke Orombi consecrated an American bishop opposed to gay marriage on Sunday, the latest in a spate of conservative clerics to leave the U.S. Episcopal Church.
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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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An Anglican bishop in British Columbia who regrets contributing to an international rift in the church by permitting same-sex blessings says he won&#39;t go along with a proposed moratorium on blessing gay unions.
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Nigerian Archbishop Peter Akinola has rejected the U.S. Episcopal Church's latest efforts to calm tensions over the consecration of gay bishops &#151; an issue threatening to split the global Anglican-Episcopalian family.