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WATCH: Pat Robertson's Latest Outlandish Statements

Posted 05.18.2012

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Pat Robertson appeared yet again on the Christian Broadcasting Network's "700 Club," and yet again his remarks were unabashedly forthcoming. When a...

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WATCH: Science And Religion With Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori

Posted 04.10.2012

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WATCH: Top Episcopal Bishop Addresses Controversial Issues

HuffingtonPost.com | Jaweed Kaleem | Posted 03.28.2012

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NEW YORK -- The movement toward legalizing same-sex marriage and the acceptance of gay people as clergy and lay members of religious groups is "a done...

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Appreciating the Leadership of Rowan Williams

Greg Garrett | Posted 05.16.2012

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If Rowan Williams could not convince followers of Christ to love each other, I cannot conceive of anyone -- or anything -- that will.

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Anglican Archbishop To Step Down

AP | ROBERT BARR | Posted 05.16.2012

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LONDON -- Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams is stepping down at the end of the year, calling an end to a tumultuous decade as leader of a global...

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Pope Names Cleric For US Ex-Anglicans

AP | FRANCES D'EMILIO | Posted 03.02.2012

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VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI named a married former Episcopal bishop Sunday to head the first U.S. organizational structure for disaffected ...

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Archbishop Williams Visits Zimbabwe Amid Standoff With Former Bishop Nolbert Kunonga

Posted 12.04.2011

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HARARE, Zimbabwe (RNS/ENInews) Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams will visit Zimbabwe in a show of support for Anglicans who are under siege from...

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The Episcopal Church In The Anglican Communion: Independent But Connected

Rev. Canon C. K. Robertson, Ph.D. | Posted 09.03.2011

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Over two centuries ago, a revolution gave birth to a new nation and a new Church. But independence does not have to result in isolationism or ingratitude. Instead, we must find new ways to connect with and learn from one another.

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Archbishop Of Canterbury Blasts U.K. Cuts

Posted 08.17.2011

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By Trevor Grundy c. 2011 Religion News Service CANTERBURY, England (RNS) Nearly a millennium ago, four unruly knights crossed the English Channel ...

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Anglican Leader Slams British Austerity Budget

Posted 08.11.2011

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By Al Webb Religion News Service LONDON (RNS) Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has touched off a fury by accusing the British government of ca...

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Episcopal Church in Maryland First In In U.S. Defect to Roman Catholic

HuffingtonPost.com | Jaweed Kaleem | Posted 02.21.2012

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An Episcopal parish in Maryland announced Monday that it will become the first in the United States to join the Roman Catholic Church under a Vatican ...

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Big Media Events And The Churches That Put Them On

Bishop Pierre Whalon | Posted 07.11.2011

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Two major media events splashed across the screens of the world -- the royal wedding and John Paul II's beatification -- that showed vividly the similarities and differences between the churches.

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Church Of England Says Attendance Is Growing At Cathedrals

Posted 07.10.2011

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By Trevor Grundy Religion News Service CANTERBURY, ENGLAND (RNS/ENInews) In a challenge to conventional wisdom that church attendance is plummeting a...

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Royal Wedding Emphasizes Church-State Ties

Posted 06.25.2011

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By Trevor Grundy Religion News Service CANTERBURY, England (RNS) When Prince William and Kate Middleton walk down the aisle at Westminster Abbey o...

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Royal Wedding Prayers: Anglicans, Catholics Publish Official Blessings For Will And Kate

Posted 06.07.2011

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The Church of England has published a special prayer in anticipation of the wedding of Prince William to his fiancee, Kate Middleton. The prayer is...

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English Catholics Claim 900 Anglican Converts

AP | ROBERT BARR | Posted 05.25.2011

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LONDON — About 900 members of the Church of England have taken the first step toward becoming Catholics, the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wa...

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Statement In Response To The Murder Of Ugandan Gay Rights Activist David Kato

Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori | Posted 05.25.2011

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His murder deprives his people of a significant and effective voice, and we pray that the world may learn from his gentle and quiet witness

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Say What? Lesbian Priests Marrying Each Other!

Irene Monroe | Posted 05.25.2011

All couples like to bring the New Year in on a loving note. And what better way for two lesbian priests of the Episcopal Church to demonstrate thei...

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World AIDS Day: A Conversation From Uganda With Gideon Byamugisha

Katherine Marshall | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gideon Byamugisha, an Anglican priest, learned that he was HIV positive in 1991. The first African priest to break the silence, he works tirelessly to fight HIV/AIDS and especially to help the children who are so deeply affected.

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National Council Of Churches To Mark 100th Anniversary Of Ecumenical Movement

Posted 05.25.2011

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By Bruce Nolan Religion News Service NEW ORLEANS (RNS) Leaders of the nation's largest coalition of Christian churches will gather here this week (No...

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Eugene First gay Episcopal bishop to retire in 2013

AP | RACHEL ZOLL | Posted 05.25.2011

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The first openly gay Episcopal bishop said Saturday that he will retire in 2013, due in part to the "constant strain" on him and his family from the w...

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The Real Reason for the Anglican-Episcopal Divide

Diana Butler Bass | Posted 05.25.2011

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This week, dueling pastoral letters from Rowan Williams, the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury, and Katharine Jefferts Schori, the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, caught my attention.

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Episcopal Head Lashes Out At Anglican 'Colonial' Uniformity, Discipline

Religion News Service | Daniel Burke | Posted 05.25.2011

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By Daniel Burke Religion News Service (RNS) Episcopal Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has forcefully defended her church's embrace of g...

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Archbishop of Canterbury Criticises Election of Lesbian Bishop

timesonline.co.uk | Ruth Gledhill | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Archbishop of Canterbury's office yesterday described the election of an openly lesbian bishop in the United States as "regrettable" and warned th...

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Mary Glasspool Approved: Episcopal Church OKs Election Of Second Gay Bishop

AP | GILLIAN FLACCUS | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOS ANGELES — The Episcopal Church has approved the election of a lesbian assistant bishop in the Diocese of Los Angeles, making her the second ...

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