U.S. move on gay bishops may widen Anglican split
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Leaders of the Episcopal Church told worldwide Anglican bishops on Thursday they had no authority to try to make the church's U.S. branch change its stand on the consecration of gay bishops.
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Leaders of the world's 77 million Anglicans on Thursday were to discuss the liberal stance on gays taken by the church's American wing, as concerns about gay priests and same-sex unions threaten to break apart the Christian denomination.
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Leaders of the U.S. Episcopal Church face a wrenching decision in the next few days on whether to issue a clear-cut ban on allowing people in gay relationships to be bishops and on blessing same-sex unions.
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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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Anglican leaders, striving to stop their  loose association of churches falling apart, urged North  American Episcopalians Monday to ban same-sex marriages and the  consecration of gay bishops.
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The Episcopal bishop of New York fears that the Anglican Churchâs demands over gay issues could force the American church into a corner.
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A crucial report into homosexuality within the Anglican church was set to be published Monday amid fears the issue could cause a worldwide split within the religion.
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Two Anglican congregations in the US vote to split from the Episcopal Church amid a row over homosexuality.
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Roman Catholic bishops from around the country are considering joining the broadest alliance of Christians ever formed in the United States.
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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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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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Anglican leaders acknowledged on Friday  how challenging it was to heal divisions over gay bishops but  hoped for "peace and healing" with a key report on the issue  next month.
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The Anglican hierarchy urged U.S. church  leaders Monday to apologize for consecrating a gay bishop and  called for a moratorium on same-sex marriages.
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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 spiritual head of the U.S. Episcopal Church said on Friday its leaders would likely respond in full next week to a request by the broader Anglican communion that it stop ordaining openly gay bishops and outlaw the blessing of same-sex marriages.
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LONDON, ENGLANDâAlmost one year after an openly gay bishop was consecrated by the US Episcopal Church, an international commission ruled the church should apologize for its actions and cease any further promotion of partnered gay or lesbian clergy, the
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Episcopal delegates asked church leaders Wednesday to &quot;exercise restraint&quot; when considering openly gay candidates for bishop, a vote that ended days of painful debate but fell far short of demands to preserve Anglican unity by banning gay bishops.