Anglican head calls for humility in gay clergy row
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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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Fellow Anglicans greeted the archbishop of Canterbury with a standing ovation Monday, despite his recent controversial statments about the role of Islamic law in Britain.
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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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The first openly gay Episcopal bishop, whose consecration has brought the world's Anglicans to the brink of schism, said Tuesday that the Episcopal Church should not give in to demands that it roll back its acceptance of gays.
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The leader of the world's Anglicans, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, has hit back at his critics amid a furore about his comments on Islamic law that have led to calls for him to quit.
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Archbishop insists his remarks were 'well-researched' as row continues
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The spiritual head of the U.S. Episcopal Church said on Friday its leaders would likely respond in full next week to a request by the broader Anglican communion that it stop ordaining openly gay bishops and outlaw the blessing of same-sex marriages.
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U.S. Episcopal Church bishops told Anglican leaders around the world on Tuesday that they will urge restraint in elevating gays or lesbians to the position of bishop and will not authorize rites to be used for the blessing of same-sex marriages.
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Leaders consider compromise to prevent global rupture in Anglican communion.
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The Archbishop of Canterbury has asked conservative members of the Anglican Church not to belittle or harass homosexuals, a British newspaper reported Sunday.
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In a letter to the communion&#39;s leaders dated November 28, the Archbishop of Canterbury said the controversy had led many homosexual people, including those who are celibate, to &quot;feel that there is no good news for them in the church&quot;.
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In a direct challenge to the leadership of the U.S. Episcopal Church, an influential Anglican archbishop from Africa is exploring ways to allow American congregations upset over the election of a gay bishop to realign themselves under his jurisdiction.
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The Archbishop of Canterbury will use his Christmas sermon to call for more "reverence" of people and the planet.
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The religious head of the Anglican church sparked an angry row Friday after saying the adoption of some parts of sharia law alongside Britain's legal system "seems unavoidable".
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Pope John Paul on Saturday urged  Christians to be committed to seeking unity of their divided  Churches but, in a reference to homosexual clergy in the  Anglican communion, said new ethical obstacles had surfaced.
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The Archbishop of Canterbury has written to churches across the world asking them to stop using harsh words against gay people.
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With the Anglican world anxiously waiting, Episcopal leaders weighed their response to demands that they bar any more gays from becoming bishops