An Episcopal Switch Reflects Divisions in Church
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By Marc Parry, Times Union, Albany, N.Y.  Mar. 7--ALBANY -- A retired assistant bishop in the Albany Episcopal  Diocese has joined a controversial splinter group at the forefront of a  worldwide fight over the future of the Episcopal 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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FRESNO, California  - A California diocese of the Episcopal Church on Saturday took a major step toward breaking with the U.S. church because of its position on issues including homosexuality, a move unseen since the U.S. Civil War.
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The US Episcopal Church prepares to vote on whether to appoint a second openly gay bishop.
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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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An international commission intent on stopping the splintering of the worldwide association of Anglican churches rebuked the US Episcopal Church Monday for electing a gay bishop
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Katharine Jefferts Schori, the first female presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, is used to hostility from the right wing of her denomination. Now, she faces a rebellion among her longtime allies on the left.
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The liberal U.S. church now faces a tough decision: give up its liberal policies on gay priests and same-sex marriage, or be shunned by the worldwide Anglican Communion
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In a public rebuke of the Episcopal Church, a conservative diocese voted Saturday to affirm its membership in the worldwide Anglican Communion after distancing itself from the American denomination over issues of sexuality and the ordination of women.
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LOS ANGELES, CAThe long-threatened schism within the Episcopal Churchin reaction to the consecration of an openly gay bishop in New Hampshirecame to fruition in Southern California Tuesday, when two parishes announced they were leaving the ...
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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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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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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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Americans must belong to Episcopal Church, report says. Two months after the Episcopal Church formally approved an openly gay bishop in New Hampshire last year, thousands of distraught conservatives gathered at ...
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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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Eight congregations in the Virginia Diocese of the Episcopal Church voted overwhelming to break away, the Church announced on Sunday, in the latest sign of a rift in the U.S. denomination over its ordination of a gay bishop.
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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 the issues of gay clergy and same-sex unions.