2 Virginia Parishes Vote to Leave Episcopal Church
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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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By Lori Van Ingen  Some say gay issues fueled decisions  Theological differences with United Church of Christ have spurred three local congregations to sever ties with the denomination over the past two months.
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As soon as priests and parishioners walked out of the gothic doors of St. Patrick&#39;s Cathedral after Mass yesterday, they were confronted with
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A vigil at a Natick church has ended this afternoon after police told parishioners to leave the church where two people were arrested after refusing to leave the church Christmas Eve.
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LOS ANGELES -- Two Episcopal parishes in Southern California announced yesterday that they had broken with the national church over the issue of homosexuality, placing themselves under the jurisdiction of a conservative Anglican bishop from Africa.
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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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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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Austrians disgusted by a summer of scandal involving child pornography at a seminary and a prominent priest accused of sexual abuse are leaving the Roman Catholic church in significant numbers, church leaders said Friday.
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Parishioners in Newton planned to join the growing number of Catholic communities that have occupied their churches in protest of their planned closure, while such demonstrations continued at two other Boston-area parishes.
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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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Â·  Anglicans decide they are not breaching doctrineÂ·   Vote could worsen split in worldwide communion
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St. Lucy's-St. Patrick's Church, between Fort Greene and Bedford-Stuyvesant, is about to lose its beloved pastor to a larger parish.
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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 and will not approve prayers to bless same-sex couples.
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As many as eight conservative Episcopal churches in Virginia are expected to announce that their parishioners have voted to cut their ties with the Episcopal Church.
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Two American priests were consecrated Thursday as Anglican bishops in Kenya, the latest in a string of conservative priests who are defecting to African churches in a dispute over gay clergy.
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By Hurst Laviana, The Wichita Eagle, Kan.  Sep. 10--About 300 people rallied outside the Episcopal Social Services building Saturday as the bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Kansas offered his support for the imperiled charity.
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Eight of Virginia's 195 Episcopal congregations announced Sunday that their members had voted to cut ties with the Episcopal Church.