Making sure that the public cannot get into the cathedral ”“ and the bishops cannot get out for two days ”“ will ensure that the Church’s bickering is kept private.
This separation of the Church from the world has been instigated by a beleaguered Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, who is struggling to maintain church unity as other bishops argue over gay sex. Of the 880 bishops who were invited, 230 are staying away, most in protest at the liberalisation of the Western church.
Yes and they can withhold food to get the recaltricant to submit, too. Have they chosen black or white smoke as the signal for the production of the “refection” document?