Mgr Andrew Faley [director of ecumenism for the Bishops Conference of England and Wales]: ‘Well, I think there is an answer to it and I can understand why Bishop Gregory should say what he has said. However, I can\u2019t really believe that the Archbishop of Canterbury, over the past several years, has not been aware of the disaffection and the unease of several groups of Anglicans within the Anglican Communion concerning particular issues within that Church which have caused them to be increasingly nervous about what it means to be in unity with that church.<\/p>\n
‘Now, the Pope is not an ill-mannered man, as far as I\u2019m aware, it\u2019s not so much about ecumenical bad manners as the Pope\u2019s concern for the unity of the church.<\/p>\n
‘As Bishop Christopher Hill said in the joint press conference announcing this particular initiative between \u201d\u201c or sorry, not initiative, response \u201d\u201c between himself and the Archbishop of Canterbury and also Archbishop Nichols of Westminster, and Archbishop McDonald of Southwark, were present, the four of them – he said, look the last thing we want is more churches.<\/p>\n
‘This move of the Pope is directly concerned with the unity of the church. That it\u2019s not so much about wanting just to stand back, therefore, and see the Anglican Communion disintegrate into more and more churches. That\u2019s exactly what Gregory doesn\u2019t want. That\u2019s exactly what I don\u2019t want.’<\/p>\n