Meanwhile, discussions at the Vatican on devising a possible structure for the Traditional Anglican Communion to come into communion with Rome are understood to be nearing completion.<\/p>\n
The communion is a breakaway group of 400,000 Anglicans opposed to women\u2019s ordination.<\/p>\n
However, during his May 5 meeting with Pope Benedict XVI, [Archbishop Rowan] Williams asked that any potential announcement be delayed until after the Lambeth Conference.<\/p>\n
Veteran observers of the Anglicans\u2019 continuing identity crisis are not optimistic that it can be resolved, given the wide gulf that exists between liberal-minded Anglican hierarchies in Western countries and more orthodox bishops in the developing world.<\/p>\n
Viscount Christopher Monckton of Brenchley, author of Anglican Orders: Null and Void?, believes that in the absence of a magisterium and under the less-than-decisive leadership of the Archbishop of Canterbury, there is \u201cno chance whatsoever that the Lambeth Conference will settle the question of what \u201d\u201d if anything \u201d\u201d the Anglican Communion believes.\u201d\u009d<\/p>\n