Future shape of Anglican Communion uncertain, says Archbishop of Canterbury

Could turn into 'federation' if covenant not passed by all provinces
Marites N. Sison
May 11, 2009

Kingston, JamaicaThe 14th Anglican Consultative Council has not “given evidence of any belief” that Anglicans worldwide “have no future together,” said the Archbishop of Canterbury, even as he warned that it would be “inevitable” that the Anglican Communion could turn into a “much more dispersed association” or federation if all member churches do not sign on to the proposed covenant.

“We have not in this meeting given evidence of any belief that we have no future together,” said Archbishop Rowan Williams in his presidential address, delivered on the eve of the last day of the ACC meeting. “The question is, of course, what that future will look like.” the rest