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Published: September 14, 2007
Episcopalians building, not battling, bishop says
Carla Hinton
Contrary to some news reports, Episcopalians do not spend all their time battling over internal denominational matters.

That is what the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church USA wants people to know about the 2.4 million Episcopalians she was elected last year to lead.

"It's been a great blessing to see the health and vitality of this church,” the Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori said today at a news ...

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