Gay Bishop

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  Pope Francis Apologies Over Reported Homophobic Slur, Says Vatican

  Pope Francis issued an extraordinary apology on Tuesday over his reported use of a gay slur in a closed-door meeting with Italian bishops last week.

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  Pope Francis Used Vulgar Italian Word To Refer To LGBT People: Report

  Pope Francis used a highly derogatory term towards the LGBT community as he reiterated in a closed-door meeting with Italian bishops that gay people should not be allowed to become priests, Italian media reported on Monday.

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  Church Of England Welcomes First Openly Gay Bishop

  A British bishop has become the first in the Church of England -- the mother church of the worldwide Anglican faith -- to announce he is homosexual, in an interview published Saturday.

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  Vatican Fury as Top Priest comes Out on Eve of Bishops Meet

  The Vatican reacted furiously on Saturday after a Polish priest employed as a senior official publicly declared his homosexuality on the eve of a bishops' synod set to touch on the divisive issue of the Catholic Church's relationship to gay believers.

• Belgian Bishop Distances Himself From Gay Rights Award

  A Belgian Bishop has distanced himself from an award given by a gay rights group after he called on the Catholic Church to "respect" divorced people and homosexuals.

• Bishops Revise Document on Gays, Expect Approval

  Catholic bishops are predicting widespread approval of a revised, "balanced" document laying out the church's position on gays, sex, marriage and divorce.

• First Openly Gay Episcopal Bishop Announces Divorce From Husband

  The first openly gay bishop in the Episcopal Church, whose election to lead the diocese of New Hampshire kicked off a firestorm of controversy a decade ago, said on Sunday he was divorcing his husband after four years of marriage.

• Church of England rejects blessings for gay marriages

  Bishops in the Church of England issued new guidance today warning clergy they should not bless couples in same-sex marriages, after the idea was recommended in an internal report last year.

• Britain's Queen Elizabeth might have to break sovereign promise

  The impending gay marriage legislation could force Queen Elizabeth II to break a sovereign promise, former senior UK bishop has warned. Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali, who was Bishop of Rochester for 15 years, said the Queen took an oath to "uphold God's laws" when she was crowned.

• UK bishop says gays should 'repent'

  A senior Church of England bishop has angered gay-rights campaigners by saying homosexuals should repent.