Episcopal leader defends gay bishops
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Episcopal Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori says her church has been unfairly singled out for criticism because it is honest about consecrating 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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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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Description: Influential leaders of the Anglican Communion sharply criticize the US Episcopal Church for consecrating a gay bishop.
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The spiritual leader of the world's 77 million Anglicans reminded his bishops of the need for humility on Sunday in a veiled rebuke to those whose wrangling over gay clergy threatens to tear the church apart.
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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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An Anglican bishop in British Columbia who regrets contributing to an international rift in the church by permitting same-sex blessings says he won&#39;t go along with a proposed moratorium on blessing gay unions.
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Anglican leaders discussed on Thursday the U.S. response to a report criticizing the church there for backing gay priests and same-sex unions, a row that could split the third-largest Christian denomination.
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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.
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Episcopal clergy and lay delegates Tuesday rejected a demand from fellow Anglicans that they temporarily stop electing gay bishops, leaving little chance the proposal could be revived at a national church meeting.
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CHARLESTON, SC - The report of an Anglican commission criticizing the Episcopal Church for consecrating a gay bishop may not be a strong enough prescription for the illness, the Rev.
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Bishop V. Gene Robinson, the first openly gay bishop in the Episcopal Church USA, said yesterday that gays and lesbians will continue to be &#39;&#39;second-class
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A high-level meeting called by the   Archbishop of Canterbury failed to find a way to stop the U.S.   Episcopal church from splintering even further over gay issues,   church leaders announced on Wednesday.
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US bishops likely to rebuff calls to row back on support for gay and lesbian members.
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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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Some clergy have criticized what they regarded as the churchâs leftward drift, including the consecration of an openly gay bishop.
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London, Oct. 18 (RNS)-- The Episcopal Church should apologize for stirring disunity but will not face serious sanctions for allowing an openly gay bishop, an Anglican church