Anglican Report Elicits Mixed Response
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A commission of the worldwide Anglican Communion issued a long-awaited report Monday which is critical of the Episcopal Church of the USA (ECUSA) for allowing an openly homosexual man, Gene Robinson, to become a bishop.
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LONDON, Feb. 11 -- The spiritual leader of the global Anglican church on Monday defended controversial remarks that Britain should consider formally recognizing aspects of Islamic law, but conceded that his choice of words in broaching the issue may have been misleading.
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Cautious optimism greets church report that offers road to reconciliation on gay bishop issue.
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A panel set up to resolve the Anglican Communion&#39;s divisions over homosexuality will chart a middle course in its long-awaited report, British newspapers have said.
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Anglican leader saying Britain should consider recognizing parts of Islamic law sets off debate.
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Â·  Anglicans decide they are not breaching doctrineÂ·   Vote could worsen split in worldwide communion
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With a mixture of hope and pessimism, local Episcopal leaders plowed through the 93-page report of the long-anticipated Lambeth Commission on Communion, released Monday.
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African Anglican bishops said Monday that they were considering establishing a theology that conforms to the continent's culture, including prevailing beliefs against same-sex unions.
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The report released Monday by an Anglican church commission reinforces what spiritual leaders of Episcopal Church USA members in downstate Illinois have been saying for more than a year, they said.
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Editor&#39;s note: This sidebar article was intended to run with yesterday&#39;s Monitor story previewing today&#39;s release of an Episcopal Church report.
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Traditionalists and gay Christians are cautious over a call for unity by the Archbishop of Canterbury amid the row about homosexual clergy.
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LONDON Oct. 18, 2004 - An Anglican church commission sharply criticized the US Episcopal Church on Monday for consecrating a gay bishop and called on the Americans to apologize or risk losing some of their influence with sister churches worldwide.
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An Anglican church panel studying the consecration of an openly gay bishop in New Hampshire sharply criticized the US Episcopal Church church Monday and called on its leaders to apologize for the turmoil their actions have caused.
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Cautious optimism greets church report that offers road to reconciliation after US wing approved a gay bishop.
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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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A long-awaited report into homosexuality within the Anglican community called for a US church to apologise for appointing an openly gay bishop and warned that a repeat could split the faith down the middle.
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LONDON -- A leader of African Anglicans who have been outraged by the appointment of a gay bishop in the United States blasted a church report on the dispute, saying yesterday that it should have pushed for US Episcopalians to repent.