Anglican bishops in secret Vatican summit

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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.

"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."

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"Now the Church of England is poised to endorse women bishops — a move that will seriously damage its relations with the Roman Catholic Church and could force hundreds of clergy to defect to Rome."

I wonder what percentage will turn to more fundamentalist denominations? Certainly those already married.

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> I wonder what percentage will turn to more fundamentalist denominations? Certainly those already married. </div></div>

Why? The RCC accepts married priests under unique circumstances.

The article states they are considering moving to the RCC, and mentions nothing about joining any evangelical groups.

That's telling.

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Is it?? The story isn't over yet.

http://www.motherjones.com/news/feat...7/11/reed.html

"But in 1980, the Catholic Church created a peculiar loophole to the celibacy rule by allowing about 100 married U.S. Episcopalian and Anglican priests to convert to Catholicism and practice as priests while enjoying their sexual relationships. Church officials concede the policy has caused dissension.

"It has caused a lot of tension with a lot of our celibate priests who want to get married and stay in the church," says Robert Morneau, the auxiliary bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, and a church spokesman on priest life. "Some of those men feel there are two standards." Admitting that celibacy is an edict from church leaders, he adds, "Celibacy is a discipline. It is not absolutely tied to the priesthood, and the church can make exceptions and can bypass that discipline."

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Your 1997 story is related to my 2008 story????? [img]/ubbthreads/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/lol.gif[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/rofl.gif[/img]

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Truth has no date.