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News Updates

• Calif. Court Hears Church Affiliation Case

  Justices for the California Supreme Court questioned the lawyers for the Diocese of Los Angeles and the national church as to why the state should treat church property disputes differently than others.

  Posted on October 14, 2008

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• Western Louisiana Condemns Bishop Depositions

  Western Louisiana's diocesan convention rejected the depositions of Bishops Schofield, Cox and Duncan, and Bishop Bruce MacPherson said the continuation of the House of Bishops’ Property Task Force is an example of the church being “out of control.”

  Posted on October 13, 2008

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• Reservation Churches Prepare Lawsuits to Halt Closings

  Representatives of Christ Church, Red Shirt Table, slated for closure in November, said South Dakota Bishop Creighton Robertson has never made a visitation in his 14-year tenure, and even refused to receive a letter from the congregation.

  Posted on October 10, 2008

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• Worst of Crisis is Over, Presiding Bishop Says

  Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori said Wednesday that she thinks the worst is over in the crisis affecting The Episcopal Church.

  Posted on October 9, 2008

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• New Bishop Elected for Bangor Diocese

  The election was being followed closely throughout Britain because one of the clergy considered to be a leading contender for the position was the openly gay dean of St. Albans, the Very Rev. Jeffrey John.

  Posted on October 9, 2008

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• Longtime National Cathedral Dean Dies

  The Very Rev. Francis B. Sayre, dean of Washington National Cathedral for 27 years, died Oct. 3 at his home in Vineyard Haven, Mass. He was 93.

  Posted on October 8, 2008

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• Bishop Beetge of South Africa Dies

  The Rt. Rev. David Beetge, 59, Bishop of the Highveld and the second most senior bishop in the Province of Southern Africa, died Oct. 4.

  Posted on October 7, 2008

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• Protestors Push for Ordination in Sydney

  Supporters of ordination of women used projectors to display images of female priests on the outer walls of St. Andrew’s Cathedral in Sydney, Australia.

  Posted on October 7, 2008

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• Pittsburgh Standing Committee Asks Bishop Duncan to Return

  Following the Oct. 4 diocesan convention, the standing committee of the Diocese of Pittsburgh recalled deposed Bishop Robert Duncan as an assisting bishop.

  Posted on October 4, 2008

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• Pittsburgh Approves Move to Southern Cone

  Clergy and lay deputies in the Diocese of Pittsburgh voted Oct. 4 to break ties with the General Convention of The Episcopal Church.

  Posted on October 4, 2008

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