Anglicans back &#39;covenant&#39; to avoid schism over gay clerics
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Members of the Church of England&#39;s General Synod voted Sunday to begin drawing up a set of rules in a &quot;covenant&quot; that they hope will ward off future crises over gay issues within the Anglican Communion.
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African Anglican bishops said Monday that they were considering establishing a theology that conforms to the continent&#39;s culture, including prevailing beliefs against same-sex unions.
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Different interpretations of the Bible have been at the heart of an ongoing dispute among the world&#39;s Anglican Christians over the place of gays and lesbians in their churches.
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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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The diocese at the heart of a dispute within the Anglican Church over its decision to appoint an openly gay bishop apologised on Tuesday for &quot;pain and confusion&quot; caused by
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Traditionalists and gay Christians were tonight cautious over a call for unity by the Archbishop of Canterbury amid the row about homosexual clergy.
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DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania -- The Anglican Communion yesterday told the US Episcopal Church to stop blessing same-sex unions by Sept. 30 but did not specify what action it would take if the order were ignored.
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Episcopal bishops, under intense pressure from Anglicans to ease their support for gays, said Monday they were crafting a straightforward statement that reflects their deep desire to remain in the global Anglican fellowship.
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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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Catholic leaders have reacted cautiously to a major Anglican Communion report that establishes guidelines for tackling controversial issues such as blessing same-sex unions and ordaining gay bishops.
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Pope Benedict XVI and Anglican leader Rowan Williams acknowledged there were "serious obstacles" to closer ties between their churches, a blunt reference to Vatican disapproval of gay bishops, women priests and blessings of same-sex unions in the Anglican church.
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The Archbishop of Canterbury has asked conservative members of the Anglican Church not to belittle or harass homosexuals, a British newspaper reported Sunday.
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GAY clergy and their supporters were censured yesterday as religious leaders tried to resolve the issue of homosexuality in the Anglican Church.
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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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A report criticising US Anglicans for ordaining a gay bishop is welcomed by those who opposed his appointment.
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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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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