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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July 3, 2007 Media bias

The media in the United States are more biased toward conservative religious leaders, according to Media Matters, a research and analysis group that monitors national media in the U.S.

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July 3, 2007 Churches announce new sanctuary movement

Members of the religious community in the United States are reviving the “sanctuary movement” of the 1980s by launching a national drive to protect undocumented workers who face possible deportation from the U.S.

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February 1, 2007 Ford remembered

Former U.S. president Gerald R. Ford was remembered as a Christian whose life reflected the Beatitudes’ themes of steadfast service and mercy during a traditional Episcopal service at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C....

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January 1, 2007 Conservatives balk at ‘vicar’ proposal

The Episcopal Church’s presiding bishop, Katharine Jefferts Schori, and a group of bishops announced in early December a proposal that would result in the appointment of a “primatial vicar” for those dioceses that feel they...

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December 1, 2006 Eight U.S. dioceses ask for ‘commissary’

Eight conservative dioceses of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America (ECUSA) have told the Archbishop of Canterbury that they are no longer seeking alternate primatial oversight but would like a “commissary” from...

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December 1, 2006 New U.S. primate calls faithful to ‘sainthood’

Thousands braved the cold weather Nov. 4 in Washington, D.C., to witness the installation service of Katharine Jefferts Schori as the first female presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States and the first woman...

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October 1, 2006 ECUSA meeting ends with no resolution

Bishops on both sides of the Episcopal Church’s divide over homosexuality met with church leaders Sept. 11-13 in New York City, but failed to agree on a plan to move forward.

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October 1, 2006 Katrina remembered

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Lakeview, New Orleans, served as the site for an Aug. 28 diocesan-wide eucharist and vigil of the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.Located not far from the now infamous 17th Street Canal, St....

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June 21, 2006 Church makes indirect statement about gay bishops

Columbus, Ohio American Episcopalians decided on June 21 at their General Convention to ask their church “to exercise restraint by not consenting to the consecration of any candidate to the episcopate whose manner of life...

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