Canadian move pushes Anglicans closer to schism
Tue 16 Oct 2007
By Paul Majendie

LONDON, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Faced with a bid from Canadian clerics to bless gay weddings, the worldwide Anglican Communion now faces a real risk of breaking apart over differences between its liberal and conservative wings.

"The train and the buffers are getting closer," said religious journalist and commentator Clifford Longley.

"The Anglican Church is unravelling," Longley concluded as Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams struggled to keep his global flock of 77 million Anglicans together in a bitter war of words over homosexuality. the rest