South Africa: Anglican Prelate Hails American Stand On Homosexuality
16 October 2007
Cape Town

The head of the Anglican Church in Southern Africa has said a decision by American bishops not to bless same-sex unions or ordain homosexual bishops provided an opportunity to bridge the rift in Anglicanism.

Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane of Cape Town said, "The Anglican Communion now has a basis for going forward together."

The consecration of an openly homosexual priest as bishop in America in 2003 split the 77-million-strong Anglican Communion, with churches especially in Africa cutting links with American dioceses that approved of the practice. the rest