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• U.S., Canada churches urged to leave key Anglican council | The top archbishops want North Americans to enact a moratorium on gay union blessings (Los Angeles Times)
• Anglican leaders seek move to avoid schism | Church leaders in the U.S. and Canada have been asked to withdraw temporarily from a denomination governing body (The New York Times)
• The pope's victory | There is a link between his dogged effort to undo the perversions of Western thinking going back four centuries and the harsh admonition of the world's Anglican primates to their North American brethren to stay away from their Consultative Council meetings until the next Lambeth Conference in 2008 (Uwe Siemon-Netto, UPI)

North American Anglicans disciplined (UK coverage):

• Anglican rift grows over gay row | Anglican leaders have asked the US and Canadian Churches to withdraw from a key council temporarily because of their stance on homosexuality (BBC)
• Q&A: Anglican church split | Anglican leaders want US and Canadian Churches to withdraw from the Anglican Consultative Council until 2008 because of their stance on homosexuality (BBC)
• Church faces schism today | Canada and US to leave over stance on gays (The Guardian, London)
• Gay row forces split with North American Anglicans | A schism in the Anglican Church was looming last night after the American and Canadian branches were asked to withdraw temporarily due to a dispute over homosexuality (The Independent, London)
• Anglican schism nears reality | The threatened split between conservative and liberal Anglicans over homosexuality is now almost complete (BBC)
• Anglicans give ultimatum to pro-gay liberals | In a move that will send shockwaves around the world, the primates of the 70 million-strong Church are expected to issue an ultimatum today demanding that the liberals "withdraw and consider their position" (The Telegraph, London)
• Anglicans ready to split over gay bishop | The concluding statement of the week-long Primates' meeting in Armagh represents a conservative success in forcing the liberals in North America to consider whether their stance over gays is compatible with membership of the Anglican Communion (The Times, London)

Pope back in hospital:

• Parkinson's disease increases risks to Pope | Parkinson's disease may have impaired the ability of Pope John Paul II to swallow and contributed to the breathing problems that led to his tracheotomy yesterday, leading American specialists say (The New York Times)
• Latest Pope health scare raises new fears | One new aspect to the aged pope's heath concerns centers on speculation about the existence of a letter that could spell out how John Paul wishes to be treated if he becomes incapacitated (UPI)
• Pope suffers relapse, undergoes surgery to assist his breathing | Flu complications tax the already frail John Paul II. Pneumonia is a concern, doctors say (Los Angeles Times)
• The Pope undergoes emergency surgery | Tracheostomy performed after respiratory crisis (The Washington Post)
• Papal resignations rare | The Rev. Thomas Reese, editor of the Jesuit magazine America and a Vatican expert, said popes worry that stepping down would set a dangerous precedent that could be misused by factions in the church to pressure a future pontiff to leave. No pope has resigned for centuries (Associated Press)
• White House wishes the Pope fast recovery (Associated Press)
• Pope is breathing on his own again after throat surgery | Vatican officials gave a positive assessment of John Paul's recovery today, but the surgery is a turn for the worse for the pope (The New York Times)

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