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• Churches debate whether to marry gays (AP)
• Pope denounces China for illicit bishop ordination (AP)
• Vatican excommunicates China bishop, criticizes Beijing (Reuters)

Churches debate whether to marry gays (AP) Posted: 16 Jul 2011 11:03 AM PDT AP - After same-sex marriage becomes legal here on July 24, gay priests with partners in the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island will head to the altar. They have to. Their bishop set a nine-month deadline for them to marry or stop living together.

Pope denounces China for illicit bishop ordination (AP) Posted: 16 Jul 2011 05:49 AM PDT AP - The Vatican said Saturday that a bishop ordained in China this week without papal approval had acted in defiance of the Holy See and was automatically excommunicated.

Vatican excommunicates China bishop, criticizes Beijing (Reuters) Posted: 16 Jul 2011 05:02 AM PDT Reuters - A Chinese bishop ordained without papal approval has been excommunicated from the Catholic Church, the Vatican said on Saturday, bringing relations between the Vatican and Beijing to a new low.

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