There could be sandwiches to spare in Dublin
There could be sandwiches to spare in Dublin
by Ed Beavan
http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/content.asp?id=106887
January 21, 2011
PITY the poor caterers. The next Primates' Meeting starts in Dublin in four days' time - and no one knows how many Primates will actually turn up. At the end of last year, it was announced that ten Primates from the Global South intended to boycott the meeting, in protest at the inclusion of the US Primate after rows over gay bishops and same-sex blessings (News, 26 November).
The Church Times understands that this number might have risen to 14 out of the possible 37 Primates eligible to attend. (There is one vacancy.)
The general secretary of the Anglican Communion Office (ACO), Canon Kenneth Kearon, believes, however, that those who stay away, "in protest after developments in the Episcopal Church" in the United States, will number "less than ten".
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
by Ed Beavan
http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/content.asp?id=106887
January 21, 2011
PITY the poor caterers. The next Primates' Meeting starts in Dublin in four days' time - and no one knows how many Primates will actually turn up. At the end of last year, it was announced that ten Primates from the Global South intended to boycott the meeting, in protest at the inclusion of the US Primate after rows over gay bishops and same-sex blessings (News, 26 November).
The Church Times understands that this number might have risen to 14 out of the possible 37 Primates eligible to attend. (There is one vacancy.)
The general secretary of the Anglican Communion Office (ACO), Canon Kenneth Kearon, believes, however, that those who stay away, "in protest after developments in the Episcopal Church" in the United States, will number "less than ten".
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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