Primate upset by presence of witches (Wiccans attended parliament of World's Religions in South Africa in December).Wiccans should not be invited to any future interfaith gatherings, says the Anglican archbishop of Cape Town The Archbishop of Cape Town is the Primate / Metropolitan of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa. The current Archbishop is the Most Reverend Njongonkulu Winston Hugh Ndungane Robert Gray (1809-1872) was the first Anglican Bishop of Cape Town. . "I don't think that's a religion," he said. 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 made the remarks following the parliament of the World's Religions There have been several meetings referred to as a Parliament of the World’s Religions, most notably the World's Parliament of Religions of 1893, the first attempt to create a global dialogue of faiths. in December. "(The parliament) should not be open to everyone who says they are a religion," he said. More than 7,000 people attended the event, including the Dalai Lama -- and a coven cov·en n. An assembly of 13 witches. [Perhaps from Middle English covent, assembly, convent; see convent. of witches from Chicago. The archbishop was joined by South Africa's Chief Rabbi Cyril Harris in criticizing the breadth of groups who attended the parliament. "Religion should be democratic, but the wider the definition the more one loses depth -- the whole thing becomes an exercise in artificiality," the rabbi said. "The fear is that one gets a bunch of weirdos using the (parliament) to get publicity." |
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