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Church of England votes to allow women bishops
AFP reports: “The Church of England voted Monday to allow the ordination of women bishops following a divisive debate which pitched conservatives against liberals, British media reported...

Church will ordain women bishops
Church will ordain women bishopsThe Church of England's ruling body, the General Synod, has voted to confirm the ordination of women as bishops.This will mean there will have to be a whole new meaning to the saying banging the Bishop...

Church of England Faces New Pressures Toward Disestablishment
The influential British magazine, The Economist, last week called for disestablishing the Church of England. In an editorial titled Sever Them, it says in part:England has an established church whose authority has been intertwined with the state's for five centuries...

Episcopal Church: House of Bishops Votes to Depose Bishop Duncan 87 to 36 with Four Abstentions
Virtue Online reports: The Episcopal Church House of Bishops today passed a resolution formally requesting that the Bishop of Pittsburgh, the Rt. Rev. Robert Duncan be deposed from the Episcopal Church for abandoning the communion of the church...

Bishops among protesters as gay marriages begin
The AP reports on OneNewsNow: “The seven Roman Catholic bishops of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles say “the church cannot approve of redefining marriage” to include same-sex couples...

The Church and the Dirty War
Michael asks, "[w]ill someone please tell us what the Argentine bishops of the Catholic Church--my Church, our Church--were doing during [the "Dirty War" in Argentina]? And, what does it say that this 'Christian' nation was capable--and that these 'Christians' were...

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The Bay Presbyterian Church
$700,000 settlement reached in church split case.

Lipitor
Review of Studies Show No Significant Benefit in Women

Roman Catholic Church
Diocese of Antigonish faces class action over abuse by a priest