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Article: Episcopal church remains in Anglican communion, but under review.(NATION)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- March 2, 2007
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Top Anglican bishops concluded a tense five-day meeting in Africa Feb. 19 by calling for a new international council to solve disputes between liberals and conservatives in the Anglican communion and its U.S. branch--the Episcopal church.
At the heart of the meeting was the Episcopal church's progressive stance on human sexuality--especially the 2003 election of an openly gay bishop in New Hampshire. Theological conservatives, including Anglican leaders from rapidly growing churches in the Global South, have painted their American counterparts as heretics, and demanded they be reprimanded or excommunicated.
The meeting ended with the U.S. church still a ...