GOP debate set to highlight party’s fractured field

GOP debate set to highlight party’s fractured field

WASHINGTON (AP) — A smaller cast of Republican presidential candidates returns to the main debate stage Thursday night, one of the last high-profile opportunities for the White House hopefuls to sway voters before the Feb. 1 Iowa caucus.

The prime-time showdown in South Carolina will highlight a race that has cleaved into two distinct — and increasingly heated — contests.

Episcopal Church suspended from Anglican Communion
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Episcopal Church suspended from Anglican Communion

Religion News Service

LONDON (RNS) – The Anglican Communion voted to censure its American branch, the Episcopal Church, during a meeting in Canterbury, England, called to reflect on the future of the communion.

The vote Thursday (Jan. 14) to suspend the Episcopal Church from voting and decision-making for a period of three years was leaked a day ahead of a press conference that had been scheduled for Friday.

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