Inside the 'Ring of Steel,' Primates Under Intense Pressure to Reach Agreement
2/17/2007

While the third full day of the 2007 primates' meeting heard presentations on theological education and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the core of the work on Feb. 18 remained fixed upon The Episcopal Church and its response to the Windsor Report.

Cloistered inside the north wing of the White Sands Hotel near Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, the Most Rev. Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, and the 35 other meeting participants have less than two days to craft a common declaration on The Episcopal Church.

Primates from across the theological and ecclesial divide declined public comment on details of the proceedings, universally honoring a commitment not to speak to the press until the final communique is released. They are united in their determination to prevent a repetition of the premature release of information that in 2005 nearly derailed the meeting in Northern Ireland. the rest