Queen sends 'supportive' letters to leaders of FCA

The Queen has sent "supportive" letters to the leaders of a controversial church movement that has angered homosexuality campaigners.
By Martin Beckford and Jonathan Wynne-Jones
06 Jul 2009

She told the heads of the traditionalist group, formed in response to the liberal direction of some parts of the Anglican Communion, that she “understood their concerns” about the future of the 80 million-strong global church.

The Queen, who is the Supreme Governor of the Church of England, has also wished them well with today’s launch in London of a new alliance of evangelical and Anglo-Catholic parishes in Britain and Ireland.

One leading evangelical said: “We found the letters very supportive.” the rest