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• Canada's bishops veto synod on gay blessings | Canadian Anglicans failed by the narrowest of margins on Sunday night to agree to allow their churches to bless the committed relationships of same-sex couples. (Mail & Guardian)
  
  
• Anglicans vote down same-sex blessings | Approval by lay delegates and priests narrowly overruled by bishops. (Vancouver Sun)
  
  

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Anglican women :

• Church's new leader tells of her mission | As an aspiring oceanographer, Katharine Jefferts Schori took time off with her future husband to climb 9,415-foot Mount Stuart, second-highest non-volcanic peak in the Cascade Range. (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
  
  
• From childhood dreams of priesthood to a bishop's chair | The Rev. Laura J. Ahrens is set to become Connecticut's first female Episcopal bishop (New York Times).
  
  

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Other Stories:

• Seeking answers with field trips in faith | Nora McNulty, a Scottish grandmother, began climbing the hill at 5:50 a.m., having traveled 1,300 miles in search of something hard to find at home (The Washington Post)
  
  
• Why Brown needs to lose his religion | Gordon Brown, true son of the manse, clearly has a thing about pulpits. (The Scotsman)
  
  
• Man sues over vaccination dispute | Man Sues Mo. Army Post, Ga. Company Over Vaccination Dispute (Associated Press)
  
  
• First things first | 'Housing first,' a radical new approach to ending chronic homelessness, is gaining ground in Boston. (The Boston Globe)
  
  
• European rights body calls off creationism vote | Europe's main human rights body on Monday cancelled a scheduled vote on banning creationist and intelligent design views from school science classes, saying the proposed resolution was one-sided (Reuters).
  
  
• Rays of hope for Africa's AIDS children | Little Natasha is a giggling, wriggling bundle of mischief. She adores Barney the Dinosaur, claps along to her favorite songs, and throws a typical 3-year-old's temper tantrums (Associated Press).
  
  
• Familiar story in still unfamiliar garb | Anyone who attended parochial school would have flashbacks while walking the halls of the Islamic Academy of New England. (The Boston Globe)
  
  

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