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Archbishop To Lead Task Force On Anglican Communion Rift
Anglican spiritual leader Justin Welby is set to lead a task force that will focus on rebuilding relationships after religious leaders temporarily restricted the role of the Episcopal Church in their global fellowship as a sanction over the US church's acceptance of gay marriage.
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US Episcopal Church Approves Same-Sex Marriages
The US Episcopal Church announced Wednesday that it approved ceremonies for same-sex marriages, shortly after the Supreme Court legalized the practice across country.
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US Black Church Fire Stokes Arson Fears
An overnight fire that destroyed a small-town African-American church in South Carolina once torched by Ku Klux Klan members is reviving fears that arsonists are targeting places of worship with black congregations.
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US Episcopal Church Elects First Black Presiding Bishop
The US Episcopal Church elected Bishop Michael Curry on Saturday as its next presiding bishop, making him the first African-American leader of the 2.5 million-strong church.
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Barack Obama to Deliver Eulogy as Charleston Mourns Attack Victims
President Barack Obama was today set to deliver a eulogy for the chief pastor gunned down in an apparent racially-motivated attack that shocked the nation.
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Confederate Symbols of Civil War Divide US 150 Years on
More and more voices across the US South called for banishing the banner of the pro-slavery Confederacy on Wednesday in a fast-growing movement that adds new emotion and tensions to a year of soul-searching over race in America.
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With Heavy Police Presence, Charleston Church Holds First Service Since Massacre
Hundreds of people packed a sweltering Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston today as it reopened to worshipers after a gunman, identified by authorities as a 21-year-old white man, shot dead nine black church members.
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Racist 'Manifesto' Lays Bare Charleston Church Shooting Motive
A chilling website apparently created by Dylann Roof emerged Saturday in which the accused Charleston church shooter rails against African Americans and appears in photographs with guns and burning the US flag.
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Hillary Clinton Backs Stiffer Gun Laws After US Charleston Church Bloodbath
US Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton issued an impassioned call for gun control today following a "senseless" church massacre that stunned the nation.
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Anger, Protests Grow After Charleston Church Killings
Residents of South Carolina, still shaken by the unthinkable murder of nine African Americans, planned protests across the state today, giving voice to their grief, anger and demands for change.
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Quiet Loner or Racist Monster - Who is Charleston Church Attack Suspect?
A week ago, Dylann Roof is said to have bragged that he wanted to kill a bunch of people.
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Charleston Shooting Suspect Identified as 21-Yr-Old Dylann Roof
The gunman suspected of shooting dead nine people at a historic black church in Charleston has been identified as 21-year-old Dylann Roof, police said today.
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Gunman on Run After 9 Slain in US Black Church Attack
A white gunman was on the run today after fatally shooting at least nine worshippers in a historic black church in a southern US city in what police called a hate crime.
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9 Dead as White Gunman Opens Fire on US Church
A white gunman was at large early today after he shot and killed several people at a historic black church in downtown Charleston, South Carolina in a gruesome attack police called a hate crime.
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Archbishop To Lead Task Force On Anglican Communion Rift
Anglican spiritual leader Justin Welby is set to lead a task force that will focus on rebuilding relationships after religious leaders temporarily restricted the role of the Episcopal Church in their global fellowship as a sanction over the US church's acceptance of gay marriage.
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US Episcopal Church Approves Same-Sex Marriages
The US Episcopal Church announced Wednesday that it approved ceremonies for same-sex marriages, shortly after the Supreme Court legalized the practice across country.
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US Black Church Fire Stokes Arson Fears
An overnight fire that destroyed a small-town African-American church in South Carolina once torched by Ku Klux Klan members is reviving fears that arsonists are targeting places of worship with black congregations.
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US Episcopal Church Elects First Black Presiding Bishop
The US Episcopal Church elected Bishop Michael Curry on Saturday as its next presiding bishop, making him the first African-American leader of the 2.5 million-strong church.
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Barack Obama to Deliver Eulogy as Charleston Mourns Attack Victims
President Barack Obama was today set to deliver a eulogy for the chief pastor gunned down in an apparent racially-motivated attack that shocked the nation.
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Confederate Symbols of Civil War Divide US 150 Years on
More and more voices across the US South called for banishing the banner of the pro-slavery Confederacy on Wednesday in a fast-growing movement that adds new emotion and tensions to a year of soul-searching over race in America.
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With Heavy Police Presence, Charleston Church Holds First Service Since Massacre
Hundreds of people packed a sweltering Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston today as it reopened to worshipers after a gunman, identified by authorities as a 21-year-old white man, shot dead nine black church members.
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Racist 'Manifesto' Lays Bare Charleston Church Shooting Motive
A chilling website apparently created by Dylann Roof emerged Saturday in which the accused Charleston church shooter rails against African Americans and appears in photographs with guns and burning the US flag.
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Hillary Clinton Backs Stiffer Gun Laws After US Charleston Church Bloodbath
US Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton issued an impassioned call for gun control today following a "senseless" church massacre that stunned the nation.
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Anger, Protests Grow After Charleston Church Killings
Residents of South Carolina, still shaken by the unthinkable murder of nine African Americans, planned protests across the state today, giving voice to their grief, anger and demands for change.
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Quiet Loner or Racist Monster - Who is Charleston Church Attack Suspect?
A week ago, Dylann Roof is said to have bragged that he wanted to kill a bunch of people.
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Charleston Shooting Suspect Identified as 21-Yr-Old Dylann Roof
The gunman suspected of shooting dead nine people at a historic black church in Charleston has been identified as 21-year-old Dylann Roof, police said today.
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Gunman on Run After 9 Slain in US Black Church Attack
A white gunman was on the run today after fatally shooting at least nine worshippers in a historic black church in a southern US city in what police called a hate crime.
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9 Dead as White Gunman Opens Fire on US Church
A white gunman was at large early today after he shot and killed several people at a historic black church in downtown Charleston, South Carolina in a gruesome attack police called a hate crime.
