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Sweden's Lutheran church ordains gay bishop

Toronto Sun - News (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago

Sweden’s Lutheran church has ordained its first openly gay bishop in a move that confirms the church’s greater acceptance of sexual minorities.

Questions for Robert Duncan – is this Bishop Catholic?

Anglican Mainstream (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009

By Deborah Solomon, New York Times As the archbishop of the Anglican Church in North America, you are known as the leader of a conservative — and even ultraright — movement that was founded last year in a break from the Episcopal Church. Do you plan to convert to Catholicism now that Pope Benedict has opened [...]

Minnesota Episcopalians select Prior as bishop

365 Gay News (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009

He was chosen Saturday over four other candidates, one of whom would have been only the second openly gay bishop of the Episcopal Church if she were chosen.

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Yount: The zeal of the religious convert

ScrippsNews (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009

When Pope Benedict recently offered a place in the Roman Catholic Church to dissident Anglicans, some commentators said the move was reminiscent of a hostile takeover in the corporate world. To be fair, the pope was simply responding to repeated requests of many members of the Church of England who are disenchanted with their church's acceptance of women priests and gay bishops. | read more...

my enemies enemies

From a LAN Downunder (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009

From Salon:Pope Benedict XVI has made some Anglicans an offer he thinks they can't refuse. The pope has opened his arms to welcome, en masse, Anglican and Episcopalian priests, bishops and even whole congregations into full communion with the Catholic Church -- so long as they disagree with Anglican decisions to accept women priests and gay bishops. The Anglican priests and bishops...

Catholics launch crusade to convert Anglicans

THE iPINIONS JOURNAL (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009

... the Anglican Church a few years ago over the ordination of women priests and the consecration of gay bishops: In a March 2005 column, I predicted that the battle within the Anglican Church over the role of women and gays would eventually blow its worldwide communion asunder. Back then, some of the most influential dioceses in the United States and overseas (especially in Latin America...

Can We Talk About Religion, Please?

Vox Verax (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009

By Randy Cohen NYT Last week the Vatican invited Anglicans who are, as The New York Times put it, “uncomfortable with female priests and openly gay bishops” to reunite with the Roman Catholic Church. If a secular institution, Wal-Mart or Microsoft, for example, made a similar offer — Tired of leadership positions being open to women and gay employees? Join us! — it would...