Word: anglican
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...Church of England's synod in London, the historic ballot that approved women as priests reached the required two-thirds by a margin of just two votes. That close decision broke 19 centuries of tradition, and it brings pressure to bear on men-only branches in the worldwide Anglican Communion (70 million members) to imitate the English mother church, U.S. Episcopalians and others. (Australia's Anglicans are expected to authorize women this week.) In England one-fourth of the bishops and priests remain strongly opposed, and some kind of split could develop when ordinations of women begin...
...aphorism that "there is no alternative to negotiations." The talks will probably resume once the tensions caused by Boipatong cool. But a successful conclusion to the talks may depend as much on whether blacks and whites can break out of their separate worlds. In a sermon after the massacre, Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate, said, "I hope, somewhere, somehow, it will sink into the consciousness of most of our white fellow South Africans that we are human beings who cry when our children die." As long as blacks are allowed, even encouraged, to keep killing...
...Church of England is consumed with a landmark vote, scheduled next November, on whether to allow women priests. That innovation deeply divides the worldwide Anglican Communion, in which 14 of 34 branches now ordain women to the priesthood. The same issue clouded the ecumenical scene last week when Anglicanism's Primate, Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey, visited Rome for his first summit meeting with Pope John Paul. Carey, who did not repeat his publicized objections to Rome's hard line on birth control, emerged to describe the encounter of nearly one hour as "excellent, excellent...
Cordiality aside, women's ordination turned out to be a big sticking point. The official communique stated that Archbishop Carey deemed the practice "a possible and proper development," while John Paul said it "constitutes a grave obstacle to the whole process of Anglican-Roman Catholic reconciliation." The Pope's latest warning on women, however, will do nothing to dissuade yes votes in England or elsewhere. For one thing, lingering hopes for Anglican-Catholic reunion were dashed last December by a significant Vatican pronouncement that ruled out any compromise on the powers of the papacy...
...widely perceived as the most stubbornly racist in the world was effectively agreeing to give up its monopoly on power and share it with a black majority that whites have traditionally feared, persecuted and patronized. "Good and sensible people must be breathing sighs of relief," was the verdict of Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Others agreed. "South Africa is a different country today," blared Business Day, Johannesburg's financial daily. Approved the Sowetan, the largest black daily: "Whites did the right thing...