Anglican leaders rule on gay bishops
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Anglican leaders demanded Monday that the U.S. Episcopal Church unequivocally bar official prayers for gay couples and the consecration of more gay bishops to undo the damage that North Americans have caused the Anglican family.
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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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Leaders of the world's 77 million Anglicans on Thursday were to discuss the liberal stance on gays taken by the church's American wing, as concerns about gay priests and same-sex unions threaten to break apart the Christian denomination.
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Nigerian Anglicans are examining a report by a special commission that criticized US Anglicans for ordaining a gay bishop. The controversy has threatened to split the Anglican Church and is not yet over.
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Episcopal bishops met privately for seven hours Thursday with the archbishop of Canterbury, trying to preserve the church's role in the Anglican family despite Episcopal support for gays.
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Anglican leaders, buffeted by a bitter  row over gay bishops, put the finishing touches on Monday to a  crucial report seeking to heal deep divisions in the church.
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African Bishops condemned the Anglican Church&#39;s stance on homosexuality yesterday and said that they would stop sending priests to be trained in countries where same-sex relationships were accepted.
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Anglican Church head Rowan Williams has warned church leaders that criticism of gay people could make them vulnerable to persecution or suicide.
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London - The Archbishop of Canterbury has criticised conservatives in the Anglican church for using hostile words about homosexuals in the recent row over the ordination of gay bishops.
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Episcopal clergymen in Central New Jersey yesterday weclomed further discussions about their faith but showed no sign of giving in to an Anglican Church commission that urged the US Episcopal Church not to elect any more gay bishops.
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Anglican leaders, striving to stop their  loose association of churches falling apart, urged North  American Episcopalians Monday to ban same-sex marriages and the  consecration of gay bishops.
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The US diocese that appointed a gay bishop says it regrets the âpain and confusionâ it has caused the Anglican Church but will stand by its decision.
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DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania -- Seven conservative Anglican leaders refused to take Holy Communion with the head of the US branch of the church, who supports ordaining gays and blessing same-sex unions, as the fellowship struggles to avert a split.
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An Anglican Church commission urging Canadian dioceses to stop blessing same-sex relationships isn&#39;t binding and won&#39;t likely have an immediate impact on the practices of individual
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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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Can the Archbishop of Canterbury lead his flock back from the brink of a rancorous schism over homosexuality?
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The archbishop of Canterbury said Friday he will not reverse his decision to exclude a gay U.S. bishop from joining other bishops at a global Anglican gathering next year.