African primates reach deal.The primate of Nigeria, Archbishop Peter J. Akinola, and the primate of South Africa South Africa, Afrikaans Suid-Afrika, officially Republic of South Africa, republic (2005 est. pop. 44,344,000), 471,442 sq mi (1,221,037 sq km), S Africa. Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane The Most Reverend Njongonkulu Winston Hugh Ndungane is Archbishop of Cape Town and Primate of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa. External links Anglican Communion website biography Preceded by Desmond Tutu Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town have agreed to work closely in crafting the position of the church in Africa on sexuality. The agreement came days before a recent meeting of all Council of Anglican Provinces of Africa (CAPA CAPA California Alternate Performance Assessment CAPA Captaris, Inc (stock symbol) CAPA Confederation of Asian and Pacific Accountants CAPA Creative and Performing Arts (school) ) primates in Nairobi. The members were expected to discuss the future of CAPA in the wake of the realignment re·a·lign tr.v. re·a·ligned, re·a·lign·ing, re·a·ligns 1. To put back into proper order or alignment. 2. To make new groupings of or working arrangements between. of the Anglican Communion, following the controversial consecration of a gay bishop in the United States. The Church of England Church of England: see England, Church of. Newspaper, meanwhile, suggested that the two primates had made a deal whereby Archbishop Ndungane agreed to "strengthen" the traditionalist position of the African church on homosexuality in return for the backing of other African provinces for the next Lambeth Conference to be held in South Africa in 2008. He had previously been critical of Archbishop Akinola's declaration of broken communion with the Episcopal Church in the United States. |
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