Gay bishop causes Episcopalian split
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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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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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The gay bishop at the center of the debate over homosexuality that has riven the global Anglican Communion said Wednesday he was sorry conservatives were upset by his consecration, but said he had no regrets about his groundbreaking elevation to church leadership.
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NEW YORK Gene Robinson says he&#39;s sorry. But he&#39;s not sorry the Episcopal church made him a bishop. Robinson is bishop of New Hampshire, the first openly gay bishop in the 77 (m) million member Anglican communion.
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Rifts in the Anglican Communion appear to be growing in the wake of a church commission report that asks US Episcopalians to apologize for installing gay Bishop V. Gene Robinson in New Hampshire last year.
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Episcopal bishops were tight-lipped on Thursday about meetings with the Archbishop of Canterbury aimed at healing a rift in their church over the ordaining of gay bishops and the blessing of same-sex unions.
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The worldwide Anglican Communion, which has been embroiled in theological civil war since its US branch, the Episcopal Church, welcomed an openly gay bishop last year, gets
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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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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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NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 25 -- 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.
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An Anglican Church report issued this  week lays the groundwork for resolving a potential schism  between liberals and conservatives over homosexuality, the gay  U.S. bishop at the heart of the dispute said on Wednesday.
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A report by the Anglican Church issued in London today calls on the Episcopal Church USA to apologize for appointing an openly gay bishop and to refain from promoting any other clergy living in a same-sex union.
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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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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 on Monday urged the U.S. Episcopal Church not to elect any more gay bishops and called on conservative African bishops to stop meddling in the affairs of other dioceses...
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In a direct challenge to the leadership of the U.S. Episcopal Church, an influential Anglican archbishop from Africa is exploring ways to allow American congregations upset over the election of a gay bishop to realign themselves under his jurisdiction.
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An Anglican Church commission rebuked the Episcopal Church USA for ordaining a gay bishop and blessing same-sex unions.