Thursday, November 23, 2006

[pope-archbishop summit] what’s the point

You wouldn’t normally associate the ultra-slow-loading Forbes site with ecumenical news. Pope Benedict XVI and Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams want to talk but there are serious obstacles: 1] Rowan’s quite unforgivable facial hair 2] the euphemistically described same-sex unions 3] Anglican ordination of female bishops.

Don’t know how you stand on these but I’ll go out on a limb and suggest all three are strikes against any dialogue [or trialogue, if you include their Employer]. And Benny did not get off to a good start, referring to "the strains and difficulties besetting the Anglican Communion and consequently about the uncertainty of the communion itself."

I know the American Episcopalians appointed a gay bishop in 2003 and if memory serves correctly there are some female bishops roaming around in their wild animal luxury but I’d like to know if there are any current female gay bishops. Anyone know about this?

Incidentally, if you go googling for Rowan, you find this:
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