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NEWS STORY: North and South bishops agree to disagree
c. 1997 Religion News Service
VATICAN CITY _ North and South American bishops, meeting at their first intercontinental synod, have agreed to disagree on a number of sensitive issues, ranging from Roman Catholic parish life to resolving the debt crisis afflicting poor nations.
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NEWS STORY: American bishops stress unity at synod conclusion
c. 1997 Religion News Service
VATICAN CITY _ At the prodding of Pope John Paul II, North and South American bishops have declared that despite vast cultural, political and religious practices, they are"one community"that can be a powerful voice for change.
With the quest for Chris...
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NEWS FEATURE: Tale of `Pope Joan’ straddles legend and history
c. 1997 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ Think life is difficult for women these days? Take a trip to the ninth century.
Donna Woolfolk Cross has written a novel called ``Pope Joan'' (Crown) that casts light on the darkest century of the Dark Ages.
``Pope Joan'' is set in a time...
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NEWS FEATURE: Catholic Church unable to reverse trend of fewer confessions
c. 1997 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ The Rev. Herbert Tillyer, a Roman Catholic priest for nearly three decades, can remember the days when people lined up on Saturdays outside the confessional booth.
These days, 15 to 25 people show up from among the 2,200 families who attend...
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NEWS STORY: Dissidents in Episcopal Church seek to form"church within a church”
c. 1997 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ Like a spurned and angry spouse, the conservative wing of the Episcopal Church is sleeping these days in a separate bedroom and contemplating setting up its own household.
Leaders of the Episcopal Synod of America, an independent organizatio...
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NEWS FEATURE: It’s decision time for the Episcopal Church
c. 1997 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ Episcopalians, those Christians who have historically tried to span the structural and theological gulf between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism, have come to a moment in their life as a church where they face some hard decisions about thei...
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NEWS STORY: New Jersey Episcopal bishop’s resignation sought
c. 1997 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ A top body in the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey, a diocese rocked by allegations ranging from sexual abuse to malfeasance, is calling for the resignation of its controversial prelate, Bishop Joe Morris Doss.
But a defiant Doss has rejected...
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NEWS FEATURE: Movement to declare Mary"co-redemptrix"stirs ecumenical concerns
c. 1997 Religion News Service
UNDATED _ A lay-led, worldwide movement urging Pope John Paul II to declare Mary, the mother of Jesus,"co-redemptrix"with a special role in the Roman Catholic understanding of salvation is gaining steam within the church and creating concern _ and in so...
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NEWS STORY: Archbishop fights San Francisco domestic partners law
c. 1997 Religion News Service
SAN FRANCISCO _ A row over a two-month-old city ordinance _ requiring city contractors to provide job benefits to the domestic partners of gay and lesbian workers _ has pitted San Francisco's liberal City Hall against the Roman Catholic Church, posing t...
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NEWS STORY: Archbishop of Canterbury urges tolerance in sexuality debate
c. 1997 Religion News Service
RICHMOND, Va. _ In a speech clearly meant to send a signal to the Episcopal Church, the 2.5 million-member mainline denomination that is badly divided over sexuality issues, Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey called on church members to revive a key...
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