The talking mustn’t stop, says Dr Williams
by Pat Ashworth
April 20, 2007

THE ARCHBISHOP of Canterbury has announced that he will visit the United States in September, in response to an urgent request from the Episcopal Church there. He has further confirmed that the Lambeth Conference will go ahead as expected in 2008.

The House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church wishes to explain its position and the Church’s polity after the Bishops’ rejection of the Primates’ proposals for pastoral oversight of dissenting congregations from their meeting in Dar es Salaam (News, 23 March).

The US Bishops argue that the scheme would fundamentally change the character of the Windsor and Covenant design processes, compromise the Episcopal Church’s autonomy, and would violate its founding principles. the rest