Gay bishop laments church rift
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The first Episcopal bishop who admits being gay said Wednesday that he regretted that his groundbreaking elevation to the church leadership created turmoil in the Anglican Communion.
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The U.S. Episcopal Church is in the middle of a wrenching debate that could end with its departure from the Worldwide Anglican Communion over disagreements about gay clergy and same-sex unions.
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The impending division of the worldwide Anglican communion came a step closer yesterday as the rift over the way the church deals with homosexuality descended into acrimony.
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Pope Benedict and the Archbishop of Canterbury acknowledged on Thursday that issues such as women priests and gay bishops in the Anglican Church were serious obstacles to unity.
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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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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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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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LONDON - An Anglican church commission sharply criticized the U.S. Episcopal Church on Monday for consecrating a gay bishop and called on the church to apologize and refrain from promoting any other clergy living in a same-sex union...
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Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams said on Friday the Anglican Communion he heads cannot agree if the United States Episcopal Church has stepped back from its liberal stands on gay bishops and scriptural authority.
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Conservatives and liberals locked horns  over homosexuality at a Church of England synod on Wednesday as  the worldwide Anglican communion faced the grim prospect of  schism.
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Anglicans hope a long-awaited report will resolve divisions within the church that have intensified with the ordination of an openly gay bishop in the United States.
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An Anglican church commission issued a stinging rebuke Monday to Episcopal Church leaders who consecrated an openly gay bishop by calling for an apology and a moratorium on similar actions in the future.
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LONDON - An Anglican church commission sharply criticized the U.S. 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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The head of the US Episcopal Church expresses 'regret' over the appointment of a gay Anglican bishop.
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Eight congregations in the Virginia Diocese of the Episcopal Church voted overwhelming to break away, the Church announced on Sunday, in the latest sign of a rift in the U.S. denomination over its ordination of a gay bishop.
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The Episcopal bishop of New York fears that the Anglican Churchâs demands over gay issues could force the American church into a corner.
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U.S. Episcopalian bishops on Thursday  expressed regret for having consecrated the group's first  openly gay bishop, but said they needed more time to respond to  a call that they halt such ordinations and stop blessing  same-sex marriages.