As bishops meet, legal troubles still loom
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Catholic leaders try to regain trust amid continuing lawsuits and financial challenges.
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A bishop is entangled in a spiritual mystery after admitting he couldn't explain how he got a black eye after a drinks party -- while witnesses gave a colourful account of his night out.
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A state judge has affirmed the property rights of a Russian Orthodox diocese locked in a dispute with a breakaway parish in southern New Jersey, but declined to intervene in doctrinal matters.
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Issues surrounding a possible reuniting of the Catholic and Anglican churches under the pope are discussed in a 42-page statement currently being prepared, church leaders said on Tuesday.
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A high-level meeting called by the   Archbishop of Canterbury failed to find a way to stop the U.S.   Episcopal church from splintering even further over gay issues,   church leaders announced on Wednesday.
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Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Willliams is to hold crisis talks with US bishops to prevent a schism over homosexuality, his office said Wednesday.
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Three years after a few outspoken U.S. Roman Catholic bishops tied together presidential politics, abortion and the Communion rail, leaders of the nation's largest denomination are starting to speak out again.
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Episcopal bishops at odds over homosexuality ended a private meeting Wednesday saying they had failed to reach agreement over dioceses that reject the authority of the church's incoming national leader, who supports gay relationships.
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LONDON - Advocates on both sides of the Anglican battle over homosexuality registered their unhappiness yesterday with the attempt by US bishops to keep their place in the global communion. Supporters of gay clergy accused American Episcopal bishops of caving in to pressure from conservatives, while traditionalists criticized what they said was a cleverly worded declaration of defiance. Episcopal bishops ...
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The dismissal of charges against a Catholic bishop raises issues from statutes of limitations to a cultural shift.
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The American bishops meet in New Orleans and solidify their stand on gay ordination against their global brethren
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A conference called to further mutual understanding between Christians and Muslims over their shared history on the Iberian peninsula has been marred by catcalling and acrimony.
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The Archbishop of Canterbury hears concerns from the Pope on the future of the Anglican Communion.
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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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Roman Catholic Church leaders say they are frustrated with Rudolph W. Giulianiâs position on abortion.
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U.S. Catholic bishops on Wednesday  launched an ambitious plan to promote marriage, an institution  they see as being under extreme pressure, not specifically from  those who favor homosexual unions but from the general  difficulty of getting and staying married.
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Clergymen struggling to comfort the afflicted in New Orleans are finding they, too, need someone to listen to their troubles.