The Archbishop of Canterbury in England is to evaluate a statement in which episcopal leaders in the US agree to “exercise restraint” in approving another gay bishop and not to authorise prayers to bless same-sex couples.

AMERICA’S Episcopal Church has elected Nevada Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori as the presiding bishop of the denomination, making her the first woman to lead any church in the global Anglican Communion.

An international panel of Anglican archbishops today called upon a gathering of their conservative American counterparts to split from the rest of the US Episcopal Church unless it abides by traditional teachings.

The first openly gay Anglican bishop says he is being falsely accused of suggesting Jesus might have been homosexual.

THE Anglican Church was edging closer towards a split last night over the ordination of gay bishops and the blessing of same-sex unions.

The leaders of the Anglican Communion around the world are meeting in Northern Ireland this week to discuss the crisis surrounding homosexuality in the church and the appointment of an openly gay bishop in the United States.

AN Anglican church commission sharply criticised the US Episcopal Church yesterday for consecrating a gay bishop and called on the church to apologise and refrain from promoting any other clergy living in a same-sex union.

The approval of a gay bishop in New Hampshire fractured the church to such an extent that “we are in danger”, former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey has told a summit of Anglican leaders.

African Anglican archbishops met in Kenya today to review their position on gays in the clergy, an issue that divided the church last year.

SEVEN months after his confirmation rocked the Episcopal community, V Gene Robinson officially became the ninth Bishop of New Hampshire and the first openly gay bishop in church history.

The Anglican Communion’s first openly gay bishop has officially taken over his new diocese in the US.

Gay bishop Gene Robinson has said he would marry his partner “in a minute” if he had the chance.

A bishop has sparked controversy today by calling on gay people to seek medical help.

Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson, the first openly gay man elevated to that rank in any major Christian denomination, said today that the church will survive the tumult surrounding his election.

ANGLICANS did not have to wait long for the backlash following the consecration of a gay bishop by the allied Episcopal church in the US.

Anglicans did not have to wait long for the backlash following the consecration of a gay bishop by the allied Episcopal church in the US.

The conservative Anglican archbishop of Sydney today branded an openly gay US church leader a “bishop of disunity” and said his consecration had split the global Anglican communion.

Anglicans in the US 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 jeopardise its continued union.

The Church of Ireland Archbishops of Dublin and Armagh have released a statement saying the election of an openly gay bishop in the United States posed a real danger to the unity of Anglican church.

The Episcopal Church in the US has voted to approve the election of their first openly gay bishop, a decision that risks splitting their denomination and shattering ties with their Anglican sister churches worldwide.

FOR the first time in the United States, Episcopalians today elected an openly gay man as the next bishop in the state of New Hampshire.