September 26, 2007 U.S. bishops echo General Convention in message to Anglican Communion

Bishops of the Episcopal Church ended their six-day meeting in New Orleans by rejecting calls from some Anglican leaders abroad for a tougher stance against the inclusion of gay and lesbian people in the life of the church.

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September 21, 2007 No ultimatum in request for September response, says Williams

The second day of meetings on Sept. 21 between American Episcopal bishops, the Archbishop of Canterbury and international Anglican representatives produced some heated exchanges over the contentious issue of homosexuality.

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September 4, 2007 Bridge victims remembered at service

An interfaith service of healing was held Aug. 5 at St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral in Minneapolis after the collapse on Aug. 1 of the Interstate 35 West bridge over the Mississippi River. As of Aug. 10, the death toll was eight.

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September 4, 2007 International focus turns to U.S. bishops

The rift within the worldwide Anglican church over homosexuality is focusing attention on this month’s meeting, from Sept. 20-25, of the Episcopal Church’s bishops, since the national archbishops, or primates, of the worldwide Anglican Communion gave the bishops until Sept. 30 to agree to their demands concerning sexuality.

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July 3, 2007 Robinson to wed

Gene Robinson, the first openly gay bishop in the worldwide Anglican Communion, says he and his male partner plan to affirm their relationship under a new law on civil unions enacted in the state of New Hampshire.“My partner and...

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May 1, 2007 Williams will meet with U.S. bishops

Ending weeks of speculation and criticism, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams said he will meet with bishops in the United States to discuss tensions in the worldwide Anglican church caused by differences over homosexuality.

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April 17, 2007 Archbishop will not cancel Lambeth Conference

Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams considered cancelling the 2008 Lambeth Conference of the world’s Anglican bishops due to the sexuality debates roiling the church, but decided against it.

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April 16, 2007 Williams will meet with U.S. bishops

Ending weeks of speculation and criticism, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams said he will meet with bishops in the United States to discuss tensions in the worldwide Anglican church caused by differences over homosexuality.

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April 1, 2007 Primates push U.S. on sexuality

Primates of the Anglican Communion have given the U.S. Episcopal Church until Sept. 30 to “make an unequivocal common covenant” that its bishops will bar same-sex blessings in their churches and that it would not consecrate another gay bishop “unless some new consensus on this matter emerges” across the Anglican world.

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April 1, 2007 Closer ties

Canon Petero Sabune, the new Episcopal Church partner to the Council of General Synod, talks about the growing partnership between Canadian Anglicans and Episcopalians in the United States, including the U.S. initiative of...

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