180-degree turn.Dear editor, Re: Canterbury snubs North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. churches (April issue). I have to agree with Archbishop Hutchison that the refusal of the Archbishop of Canterbury The Archbishop of Canterbury is the main leader of the Church of England and by convention is also recognised as head of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The current archbishop is Rowan Williams. to attend a joint Canadian and U.S. meeting of bishops is a snub in light of the recent Northern Ireland Northern Ireland: see Ireland, Northern. Northern Ireland Part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland occupying the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland. Area: 5,461 sq mi (14,144 sq km). Population (2001): 1,685,267. meeting. As a gay man, I welcomed the appointment of Rowan Williams  The current Anglicanism Collaboration of the Month isBook of Common Prayer The next collaboration will be selected on September 30, 2007. (Vote here) as the Archbishop of Canterbury given his liberal tendencies and his own stance on the ordination of gay priests. Now it appears that a 180-degree turn has taken place and we now have a weak link as head of the Anglican Communion Anglican Communion, the body of churches in all parts of the world that are in communion with the Church of England (see England, Church of). The communion is composed of regional churches, provinces, and separate dioceses bound together by mutual loyalty as . It is time for the Anglican church to grow up and get over the issue of homosexuality in the church and if we have to call same-sex marriage something else, then let's do it and bring us all back into the Communion of the Anglican church. I also think that Bishop Bruce Howe of Huron, the host diocese for the bishops' meeting, should have been far more outspoken about the absence of Archbishop Williams. Maybe he and his counterpart in Detroit should have conveyed their disappointment to the Archbishop of Canterbury. Gordon Youngman Nanaimo, B.C. |
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