US bishops have bent the knee to the will of the bully
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Comment is free: Giles Fraser: Uniting in homophobia, the Anglican church has delivered another blow to the battle against global religious fascism.
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The worldwide Anglican Communion, facing fracture over the Episcopal Church USAâs ordination of a gay bishop and a Canadian dioceseâs blessing of gay unions, called Monday for both to show regret and declare a moratorium on similar actions in the
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NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 25 -- Episcopal leaders, pressured to roll back their support for gays to keep the world Anglican family from crumbling, affirmed Tuesday that they will "exercise restraint" in approving another gay bishop.
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An Anglican commission sharply criticized the U.S. Episcopal Church on Monday for consecrating a gay bishop and called on the Americans to apologize.
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A group of Catholic bishops is intent on throwing the weight of the church into the elections, identifying abortion and gay marriage as "non-negotiable issues."
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Pope John Paul urged American  bishops Thursday to provide more guidance to Catholic priests  in the United States to prevent a repeat of the sexual abuse  scandal he said had "cast a shadow" on the Church.
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VATICAN CITY -- Pope John Paul II discussed the US sex-abuse scandal with a group of American bishops yesterday, encouraging them to be more open to the needs of parishioners in the wake of a &quot;crisis of confidence in the church's leadership.&quot;
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The first openly gay bishop in the Episcopal Church expressed regret over the divisions his elevation has caused among Christians, particularly in developing countries.
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An excommunicated Zambian archbishop ordains two more married priests in the US in defiance of the Vatican.
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Roman Catholic bishops from around the country are considering joining the broadest alliance of Christians ever formed in the United States.
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Leaders of the U.S. Episcopal Church have stepped up a crackdown on conservative dissidents, ordering one bishop to stop his religious work and threatening a second with the same thing.
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U.S. Catholic bishops, dealing with  a pervasive priest sexual abuse scandal, on Monday elected as  their new president Bishop William Skylstad of Spokane,  Washington, whose diocese faces dozens of lawsuits from alleged  victims.
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Â· Archbishops to draw up historic covenantÂ· Conservatives see chance to crack down on dissent
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The American bishops meet in New Orleans and solidify their stand on gay ordination against their global brethren
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America's Roman Catholic bishops chose a new president Monday who has released the names of priests accused of molesting children and reached out to victims but who also plans to seek bankruptcy protection for his diocese because of abuse claims.
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The Roman Catholic bishops of the United States elected Bishop William S. Skylstad of Spokane, Wash., to be president of their national conference in an unusually close vote yesterday
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The liberal U.S. church now faces a tough decision: give up its liberal policies on gay priests and same-sex marriage, or be shunned by the worldwide Anglican Communion