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Conservative Episcopal Vote Overridden :

• Conservative Episcopal bishop rejected | Episcopal Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori took the highly unusual step Thursday of invalidating the election of a bishop in the tradition-minded Diocese of South Carolina, which has rejected her authority because of her liberal theological outlook. (Associated Press)
  
  
• Local pastor's bishop bid rejected | In a rare move, the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church Thursday declared "null and void" the election of the Rev. Mark Lawrence to be the bishop of the Diocese of South Carolina. (The Bakersfield Californian)
  
  
• Top Episcopal bishop tosses S.C. election | The Very Rev. Mark Lawrence needed at least 56 "yes" votes to be elected bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina. He got 57. (Post and Courier, Charleston)
  
  
• Ex-candidate for bishop asks members to choose | A day after his election as bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina was declared null and void, the Very Rev. Mark Lawrence expressed disappointment in the state of his church and called on Episcopalians to pick one side or the other. (The Post and Courier, Charleston)
  
  
• Episcopal Church rejects S.C. bishop | Failed election raises conservatives' ire. (The Washington Post)
  
  
• Business as usual for Episcopalians days after failed election | Three days after Episcopalians in the Diocese of South Carolina learned their bishop-elect failed to earn enough legitimate consent votes from standing committees nationwide, it was business as usual at parishes throughout the Lowcountry. (The Post and Courier, Charleston)
  
  

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Anglican rift :

• Money looms in Episcopalian rift with Anglicans | As leaders of the Anglican Communion hold meeting after meeting to debate severing ties with the Episcopal Church in the United States for consecrating an openly gay bishop, one of the unspoken complications is just who has been paying the bills. (The New York Times)
  
  
• Episcopalians brace for possible church split | Episcopal bishops appear to be taking steps toward rejecting several demands made by top Anglicans of the American church, which could push the two bodies toward a formal split (Los Angeles Times).
  
  
• Stance on gay issues splits Virginia Beach church | In a split echoing the debate within the Episcopal Church, seven leaders of Galilee Church have quit to launch a new congregation outside the denomination they accuse of heresy. (The Virginian-Pilot)
  
  
• 2 Episcopal churches want to quit diocese | Two local Episcopal churches want to withdraw from their regional diocese and affiliate themselves with others who abide by orthodox Anglican doctrine, which teaches that homosexual behavior is incompatible with Christian teaching. (Press & Sun Bulletin)
  
  
• Are Anglicans facing a great schism? | Adopting same-sex marriages need not split the church, says Reginald Stackhouse. (Globe and Mail)
  
  

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Catholicism :

• Catholic Church confronts declining confessions | The Archdiocese of Washington is taking a great leap of faith they hope will bring Catholics back to confession: it's advertising on the radio. The marketing blitz is aimed at bringing area Catholics back to confession during the Lenten season (All Things Considered, NPR)
  
  
• Bishops denounce writings of a Catholic theologian | In a rare step, Roman Catholic bishops in the United States have declared as "false teaching" two pamphlets by a Catholic theologian who argues that abortion, contraception and same-sex marriage are morally permissible under Catholic doctrine. (The New York Times)
  
  

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March (Web-only) 2007, Vol. 51