Anglican bishops in secret Vatican summit
warwickgreen @ Sun Jul 06, 2008 3:45 am
It's getting to crunch time. The synod of all Anglican bishops is just a couple of weeks away and some conservatives are refusing at attend because there will be female bishops in attendance.
Hard to figure out what these guys dislike more - women or gays.
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Anglican bishops in secret Vatican summit
Senior Church of England bishops have held secret talks with Vatican officials to discuss the crisis in the Anglican communion over gays and women bishops.
Tension rises in York, where the General Synod will tomorrow debate whether to let women become bishops
They met senior advisers of the Pope in an attempt to build closer ties with the Roman Catholic Church, The Sunday Telegraph has learnt.
Dr Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, was not told of the talks and the disclosure will be a fresh blow to his efforts to prevent a major split in the Church of England.
In highly confidential discussions, a group of conservative bishops expressed their dismay at the liberal direction of the Church of England and their fear for its future.
They met members of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the most powerful of the Vatican's departments, the successor to the medieval Inquisition, which enforces doctrine and was headed by Pope Benedict XVI before his election. ....
ANGLICANS
Senior Church of England bishops have held secret talks with Vatican officials to discuss the crisis in the Anglican communion over gays and women bishops.
Tension rises in York, where the General Synod will tomorrow debate whether to let women become bishops
They met senior advisers of the Pope in an attempt to build closer ties with the Roman Catholic Church, The Sunday Telegraph has learnt.
Dr Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, was not told of the talks and the disclosure will be a fresh blow to his efforts to prevent a major split in the Church of England.
In highly confidential discussions, a group of conservative bishops expressed their dismay at the liberal direction of the Church of England and their fear for its future.
They met members of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the most powerful of the Vatican's departments, the successor to the medieval Inquisition, which enforces doctrine and was headed by Pope Benedict XVI before his election. ....
ANGLICANS
ShepherdsDog @ Sun Jul 06, 2008 5:18 am
The conservative elements of the Anglican Church will likely return to the Roman Catholic Church. Married clergy will be allowed to remain married if they do. I've attended services in both traditions, and if anything, the Anglicans came off as more ritualistic than the Catholics.