KATHARINE JEFFERTS SCHORI ORDAINED FIRST FEMALE EPISCOPAL PRESIDING BISHOP
Katharine Jefferts Schori (L), seen here speaking to the House of Deputies in June, 2006, was ordained presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church on November 4, 2006, the first female presiding bishop for the global Anglican Communion. (UPI Photo/Episcopal News Service)
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NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- Bishops of the U.S. Episcopal Church approved a document Tuesday that promises “to exercise restraint” in the consecration of gay bishops.
WOODBRIDGE, Va., May 2 (UPI) -- The presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church has asked Nigerian Archbishop Peter Akinola not to install a Virginia rector Saturday to head a new denomination.
WASHINGTON, March 11 (UPI) -- Katharine Jefferts Schori, the first female bishop of the U.S. Episcopal Church, signed a statement last month that many are saying undermines gay rights. The Washington Post Sunday reported on Jefferts Schori's decision to sign the international statemen
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 (UPI) -- Rather than back down on gay rights, several senior U.S. Episcopalians told The Washington Post they would welcome a rift with the global Anglican Communion.
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, Feb. 13 (UPI) -- Leaders of the worldwide Anglican Communion are gathering in Africa to determine if the member churches can remain together. The group, which is composed of national churches, is headed by Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams. He called the meeting Wed
NEW YORK, Feb. 11 (UPI) -- The Episcopal Church's new presiding bishop was headed from New York to Tanzania to meet with African primates angry over her acceptance of gay clergy.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Eight of Virginia's 195 Episcopal congregations announced Sunday that their members had voted to cut ties with the Episcopal Church.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- More than 3,000 people packed Washington National Cathedral for the installation Saturday of the U.S. Episcopal Church's first female presiding bishop.
CANTERBURY, England, June 28 (UPI) -- The head of the Anglican Church, based in Britain, called for an agreement over divisive issues and sent a warning to those who don't sign on.
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