Katharine Jefferts Schori took office Saturday as the first female of the Episcopal Church and the first women priest to head an Anglican province, two landmarks that could quickly be overshadowed by diversions over the bible and sexuality throughout world Anglicanism. Schori who supports ordaining gays, acknolegded the rift in an elaborate cermony at Washington National Cathedral, urging parishioners to "make peace" with those who oppose the direction of the U.S. church. She will now represent the American denomination to the Anglican world. Her job is complicated by her personal support for Robinson's election and for blessing same-sex couples, though she insists she won't impose her views on others. She said the U.S. church should be willing to compromise "for a season" to stay in the 77 million-member Anglican Communion. That may not be enough to appease other branches of the Anglican family, which take a traditional view that gay relationships are prohibited by Scripture. Some Anglican leaders also reject the idea of women's ordiantion: Schori has said they'll have to "get over it."
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