Rifts within the Anglican Communion could widen after the archbishop of Canterbury, who has condemned the consecration of openly gay bishops, urged a diminished role Friday for the Episcopal Church.
The Episcopal Church consecrated its first openly lesbian bishop Saturday in the face of objections from some conservative Anglicans.
Pope Benedict XVI will visit England and Scotland from September 16-19, Queen Elizabeth II announced.
Los Angeles Episcopalians elected an openly lesbian bishop late Saturday, the denomination's news service reported.
Pope Benedict XVI is expected to meet the Archbishop of Canterbury on Saturday, the first meeting between the religious leaders since a Catholic overture to disaffected Anglicans that some commentators compared to a hostile takeover on Wall Street.
The Vatican said Tuesday it has worked out a way for groups of Anglicans who are dissatisfied with their faith to join the Catholic Church.
Episcopal churches in California and Minnesota moved toward appointing gay bishops over the weekend, less than a month after the denomination lifted a self-imposed freeze on promoting openly gay clergy into the top ranks of the church.
Theological conservatives estranged from the Episcopal Church in the United States and the Anglican Church in Canada formed a rival North American "province" Wednesday.
Breakaway conservative members of the Episcopal Church in the United States and its Canadian counterpart are expected to formally announce Wednesday the formation of a rival North American Anglican church.
The Anglican Communion is split on sexuality and women clergy. CNN's Jill Dougherty reports.
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Two American priests were consecrated Thursday as Anglican bishops in Kenya, the latest in a string of conservative priests who are defecting to African churches in a dispute over gay clergy.
The Episcopal Diocese of Chicago included an openly lesbian priest among five nominees for bishop Tuesday, as fellow Anglicans demand that the church bar gay bishops.
A key Episcopal panel defied conservatives Thursday, saying that Episcopal leaders should not cede authority to overseas Anglicans who want the church to halt its march toward full acceptance of gays
Representatives of the U.S. and Canadian wings of the Anglican Communion have been asked to leave a church body amid disagreements over a Canadian diocese's support for same-sex marriage and the elevation of an openly gay bishop in New Hampshire.
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