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The Church of England will not permit gay civil partnership ceremonies on its premises without the express permission of its general assembly, it said on Saturday.New laws allowing same sex "weddings" to be conducted in places of worship in England and Wales ...

CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - The national Episcopal Church has cleared a conservative South Carolina diocese bishop of accusations that he abandoned the church's principles amid disagreement over the denomination's acceptance of homosexuality.The Right Reverend Mark J. Lawrence was accused in October ...

CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - The national Episcopal Church cleared a South Carolina diocese bishop of accusations that he abandoned the church's principles by opposing the denomination's acceptance of homosexuality.Bishop Right Reverend Mark J. Lawrence was accused in October of abandonment of ...

ATLANTA (Reuters) - An historic church building in the city of Savannah belongs to the national Episcopal Church, not a breakaway congregation that left the national church following the naming of an openly gay bishop in New Hampshire, the Georgia Supreme Court ...

Eighteen Church of England bishops have signed an open letter published on Sunday criticising planned welfare reforms, in a rare intervention by the religious establishment in politics.In a letter to the Observer newspaper, the bishops said that plans to cap the amount ...

LONDON (Reuters) - St Paul's Cathedral, in the heart of London's financial district, has always occupied a delicate spot between God and Mammon. The tent protest on its doorstep has turned it into an excruciating one.The domed church, which survived the blitz ...

CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - The national Episcopal Church's acceptance of homosexuality has plunged it into "crisis," the South Carolina Episcopal diocese said on Wednesday, and the conservative diocese suggested that it could break from the national church."The question is not whether ...

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe wants the Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams to explain the Anglican church's stance on homosexuality and the western sanctions on him and his allies, a spokesman said on Sunday.Rowan Williams, spiritual leader of the world's Anglicans, is due ...

Anglican Church head Rowan Williams on Saturday praised pioneer missionaries to Malawi for ending the slave trade, at a service to mark their arrival in the country 150 years ago."The missionaries devoted their lives to liberation and challenged the evil of slavery," ...

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Topic: Anglicanism

Church of England against 'gay wedding' use

Episcopal bishop cleared of abandoning church doctrine

Episcopal bishop cleared of charges over gays in church

Georgia court rules for Episcopal church in dispute

Court rules for national church in dispute with congregation

Bishops attack welfare reforms

St Paul's, caught between God and Mammon in tent protest

South Carolina Episcopal diocese sees crisis over gay rights

Mugabe wants to quiz Williams on gays, sanctions

Anglican leader praises missionaries for ending slavery

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