Can Anglican Church bridge its own divides?
Hundreds of Anglican bishops are gathering for the Lambeth Conference in Canterbury, UK, for the first time in 14 years.
The Archbishop of Canterbury has withdrawn a motion asking Anglican bishops around the world to oppose same-sex marriage. He was responding to strong criticism from some of the 650 bishops who are gathering for the Lambeth Conference in Canterbury for the first time in fourteen years. Several Anglican churches support gay marriage and dozens of progressive bishops have described the motion as outdated.
The Bishop of Bradford, the Right Reverend Dr Toby Howarth, told Newsday: 鈥淭here have always been differences in churches鈥� they go right back to the time of the Bible, because what we are trying to do is live out our faith in very different contexts and we are trying to work out issues which are incredibly important for peoples lives鈥� it鈥檚 not just about a North/South thing; these are issues which bishops and other Church leaders, and indeed other faith groups, are struggling with.鈥�
(Picture: Bishops' mitres for sale at the Lambeth Conference last held on July 21, 2008 in Canterbury, England. Credit: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
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