Mr. Abse was a colorful Welsh politician who took a leading role in liberalizing laws on homosexuality and divorce.

In Mexico and other parts of Latin America, stigma surrounding homosexuality increases the challenges that AIDS experts say they face in combating the disease.

The Most Rev. Rowan Williams, the archbishop of Canterbury, announced a consensus to seek the pact among all parties to the ecclesiastical controversy over homosexuality.

An Anglican civil war over a gay American bishop is averted. For now. Barely.

A Greek court has dismissed a request by residents of the island of Lesbos to prohibit the use of the word lesbian to describe gay women.

This year’s Lambeth Conference, which takes place once every 10 years, comes as the church’s ranks have been cut by a battle over gay priests.

The church’s governing body endorsed women as bishops, but traditionalists warned the move could lead to schism.

The governing body of the church endorsed women as bishops, but traditionalists warned the move could lead to schism.

The governing body of the Church of England endorsed women as bishops, while traditionalists warned the move could lead to a breakup of the church.

The governing body of the Anglican church in Britain voted to approve appointing women as bishops, while traditionalists warned the move could lead to a breakup of the church.