TOLEDO, OH: Presiding Bishop sees tensions ease on issues sparking controversy
TOLEDO, OH: Presiding Bishop sees tensions ease on issues sparking controversy
Ordination of gays, same-sex unions are cited
By DAVID YONKE
BLADE RELIGION EDITOR
http://www.toledoblade.com/article/20110214/NEWS10/102140303/-1/RSS23
February 14, 2011
In 2006, when Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori became the first woman to lead the 2.4 million-member Episcopal Church, the denomination was embroiled in a bitter controversy over the ordination of homosexuals and the blessing of same-sex unions.
Although some individuals and congregations have since left the denomination, tensions have eased somewhat in the 4 1/2 years since, Bishop Jefferts Schori said before the Winter Convocation of the Episcopal Diocese of Ohio.
"Clearly, some people hold their positions as firmly as they ever have, but I think most everyone is recognizing that these aren't life or death issues for most people," she said in her first visit to the Toledo area since beginning her nine-year term.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
Ordination of gays, same-sex unions are cited
By DAVID YONKE
BLADE RELIGION EDITOR
http://www.toledoblade.com/article/20110214/NEWS10/102140303/-1/RSS23
February 14, 2011
Although some individuals and congregations have since left the denomination, tensions have eased somewhat in the 4 1/2 years since, Bishop Jefferts Schori said before the Winter Convocation of the Episcopal Diocese of Ohio.
"Clearly, some people hold their positions as firmly as they ever have, but I think most everyone is recognizing that these aren't life or death issues for most people," she said in her first visit to the Toledo area since beginning her nine-year term.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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