Archbishop Rowan Williams came to a hurricane-damaged city hoping to spark frank dialogue about gay ordination issues that have divided the U.S.-based Episcopal Church from many of its Anglican brethren abroad.
He seems to have gotten just that, saying Friday that the 77 million-member Anglican Communion is “under the greatest possible strain at the moment.”
Episcopal bishops are meeting through Tuesday to draft a response to the worldwide communion’s call to stop consecrating gay and lesbian bishops — a conflict that has divided the worldwide body since the U.S. election of an openly gay bishop in 2003.
“Temperatures are very high at the moment,” Williams told reporters.
[blockquote] …under the greatest possible strain at the moment.[/blockquote]No not quite. VGR, KSJ, etal, are going to put some more straws on the camel’s back.
I think I would consider a better place to gather than a city that was nearly destroyed by natural forces and we are still in the hurrican season.