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Thursday, July 10, 2008 --- 41 days ago http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=8592
 YORKSHIRE: No laughing matter for the Archbishop with a divided flock By Sheena Hastings The Yorkshire Post http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/features/No-laughing-matter-for-the.4274529.jp July 10, 2008 ONE of the more unexpected aspects of Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of All England, and leader of the global Anglican Communion, is the readiness of his slightly mischievous laugh. It's a low, slightly rumbling affair, but very much close to the surface, as though on constant alert for any just cause to erupt from within the black suit, by-passing the white collar, nodding in the direction of the unruly eyebrows, as it gurgles its way out. The surprise arises, I suppose, in reaction to all sort of preconceived notions about the gravity of his general demeanour, the seriousness and power of his job, and the extremity of the situation the Anglican Church currently finds itself in, following the General Synod which met in York this week. The recriminations have started, but the true reverberations have yet to be felt, following the vote to allow the ordination of women bishops. It may take at least another five years of talk and ecclesiastical legalities before a woman is actually consecrated, but by then the Anglican Communion may have been rent asunder by the momentous decision. ... |
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