Last night the Episcopal Church confirmed the Reverend Gene Robinson, its first openly gay bishop. Larry Mantle talks with Episcopal Rector Ed Bacon, of All Saints Church in Pasadena, about what this ...

MINNEAPOLIS - Though weary of debating homosexuality, Episcopal church leaders followed up their first-ever confirmation of a gay bishop by rejecting a proposal to draft standard language to bless ...

Episcopal leaders voted 62-45 to confirm Robinson's election. Two bishops abstained, but their ballots under church rules were counted as ''no'' votes. Herrmann said he would also not support the ...

MONROEVILLE, Pa. -- Episcopal dioceses in Pennsylvania and Texas accused the national church Saturday of exceeding its authority and violating its own constitution by confirming its first openly gay ...

MONROEVILLE, Pa. - Episcopal dioceses in Pennsylvania and Texas accused the national church Saturday of exceeding its authority and violating its own constitution by confirming its first openly gay ...

MINNEAPOLIS - A New Hampshire clergyman moved a step closer Sunday to becoming the first openly gay elected bishop in the Episcopal Church, winning one of two final votes required to be confirmed. The ...

It may have been the first time in Nebraska that an ELCA church and an Episcopal church had a joint confirmation celebration in which two bishops were present. Twelve young people were confirmed — ...