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• U.S. Episcopalians welcome summit outcome | The threat of an immediate split over homosexuality within the U.S. Episcopal Church appeared to ease Thursday, as liberals and conservatives said world Anglican leaders had addressed the concerns of both groups in a two-day summit on the issue (Associated Press)
  
  
• Anglicans say bishop rift imperils 'unity' | Autonomy upheld for each province (The Boston Globe)
  
  
• Both sides praise statement by Anglican leaders | Prominent Birmingham activists on both sides of the issue applauded a statement Thursday by the world's top Anglican leaders expressing concern about the U.S. Episcopal Church approving an openly gay bishop (The Birmingham News, Alabama)
  
  

International coverage:

• Anglican leaders divided over gay bishops | Anglican leaders yesterday engaged themselves in heated debate over whether homosexuals should be allowed to participate in the church. But Pope John Paul 11 has warned Catholic Bishops on recent sex abuse scandals that has engulfed the church (This Day, Nigeria)
  
  
• Gay issue imperils 'unity' of Anglicans | The highest-ranking Anglicans in the world have condemned the diocese of New Westminster, saying that by allowing the blessing of same-sex couples, it threatens the unity of the entire church (Vancouver Sun)
  
  
• Church heads for schism | U.S. bishop refuses to back down in gay row (The Guardian, London)
  
  
• U.S. church defies Anglican leaders' warning | Anglicans in the U.S. plan to go ahead with the consecration of an openly gay bishop in defiance of a warning that it could "tear the fabric" of the Church and jeopardize its continued union (icNorthernIreland)
  
  
• U.S. Anglicans to defy U.K. over gay bishop | Anglicans in the United States plan to go ahead with the consecration of an openly gay bishop in defiance of a warning that it could "tear the fabric" of the Church and jeopardize its union (The Scotsman)
  
  
• Williams opposes gay bishop | The Archbishop of Canterbury has warned of a "huge crisis looming" for the Anglican Church over the appointment of an openly gay bishop (The Daily Telegraph, London)
  
  
• U.S. diocese insists gay bishop will stay | U.S. Anglicans today vowed to press ahead with the appointment of an openly gay man as a bishop in defiance of a warning from primates meeting in London that it threatened the unity of the church (The Guardian, London)
  
  
• Church heads for schism | U.S. bishop refuses to back down in gay row (The Guardian, London)
  
  
• 'This will tear the fabric of our communion' | Anglican communion has reached critical point, say primates, but final decision is passed over to archbishop's commission (The Guardian, London)
  
  
• Huge crisis warning over gay bishop | The Archbishop of Canterbury has warned of a "huge crisis looming" for the Anglican Church over the appointment of an openly gay bishop (The Birmingham Post)
  
  
• Archbishop warns of 'huge crisis' over gay bishop | The Archbishop of Canterbury warned today of a "huge crisis looming" for the Anglican Church over the appointment of an openly gay bishop (The Scotsman)
  
  
• Anglican Church at breaking point over gay bishop | The worldwide Anglican Church was close to disintegration over homosexuality last night after its leaders admitted that it would "tear the fabric of our Communion" if Anglicanism's first openly gay bishop is consecrated next month (The Daily Telegraph, London)
  
  

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