Gay Episcopal Bishop Offers Concession
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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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An Anglican church commission issued a stinging rebuke Monday to Episcopal Church leaders who consecrated an openly gay bishop by calling for an apology and a moratorium on similar actions in the future.
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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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Bishops of the Episcopal Church rejected demands by leaders of the worldwide Anglican Communion to roll back the churchâs liberal stance on homosexuality.
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Episcopal delegates Tuesday snubbed Anglican leaders&#039; request to temporarily stop electing openly gay bishops, a vote that prompted the church&#039;s leader to call a special session in hopes of reaching a compromise to preserve fragile Anglican unity.
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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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One of the leaders of conservative Episcopal clergy said that a signed statement of "sincere regret" by U.S. bishops fell short of what was needed to heal a rift in the church over the consecration of a gay bishop.
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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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Leaders of the US Episcopal Church agree to halt the ordination of gay clergy to prevent a split in the Anglican church.
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Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, will demand concessions from the bishops of the US Episcopal Church tomorrow.
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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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A Catholic bishop is asked to explain his decision to keep a priest in his parish after a sex abuse allegation.
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Several leading liberal Episcopalians said yesterday that they would rather accept a schism than accede to a demand from leaders of the worldwide Anglican Communion for what they view as an unconscionable rollback of the U.S. church's position on gay rights.
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Episcopal Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori says her church has been unfairly singled out for criticism because it is honest about consecrating gay bishops.
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The first openly gay bishop in the Episcopal Church expressed regret over the divisions his elevation has caused among Christians, particularly in developing countries.
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The Archbishop of Canterbury has held last-ditch talks to end the gay clergy row threatening the worldwide Anglican church.
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A senior Anglican Church commission Monday urged U.S. church leaders to apologize for consecrating a gay priest as bishop and called for a moratorium on the blessing of same-sex marriages.