Anglicanism in Crisis
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In an exclusive interview with TIME, his last before a three-month leave, the Archbishop Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, describes the Anglican Communion as "very fragile" -- and explains how he hopes to reconcile its bitter factions
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CHICAGO _ Many conservative Anglicans would agree with Nigerian lay minister Davis Mac-Iyalla that the summer of 2003 _ when the Episcopal Church approved the first openly gay bishop _ left a gaping hole and wrenching pain in their hearts. But not for the same reasons.
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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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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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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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ARCHBISHOP of Wales Barry Morgan yesterday appealed for calm in the Anglican Communion as fears grew that a split on the issue of homosexuality is increasingly likely.
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JERUSALEM -- Representatives of the Anglican Church who toured Israel and the West Bank this week are recommending that the church withdraw investments from Israel to pressure the country to ease the ''draconian conditions&quot; imposed on the Palestinians, a church official said yesterday.
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A conference of Anglican leaders opened Wednesday as the 77 million-member church struggles with a potentially disastrous fight over the Bible and sexuality.
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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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The most influential Anglican leader in Africa said Thursday that the global Anglican Communion is "broken" over the confirmation of a gay bishop in New Hampshire and may be beyond repair.
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The Archbishop of Canterbury has held last-ditch talks to end the gay clergy row threatening the worldwide Anglican church.
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TORONTO (CP) - The United Church of Canada is pouring cold water on unionizing efforts by a group of stressed-out clergy.
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The Church of England is to consider possible rules for settling Anglican disputes, amid the row over gay priests.
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Leaders consider compromise to prevent global rupture in Anglican communion.
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Conservative Anglicans suffer a setback in their efforts to expel the US Church over its liberal stance on homosexuality.
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Â·  Anglicans decide they are not breaching doctrineÂ·   Vote could worsen split in worldwide communion