Anglicans at Risk of Schism. The Two Roads of the Archbishop of Canterbury

The first for the traditionalists, the second for the modernists. This is the solution that Rowan Williams has devised in order to keep together both those who accept and those who reject sacred orders for gays and lesbians. The Vatican is offering him support
by Sandro Magister

ROME, August 3, 2009 – In a last-ditch attempt to ward off yet another schism among his faithful, the Archbishop of Canterbury and Primate of the Anglican Communion, Rowan Williams (in the photo with his wife Jane), has even asked the Vatican for help. And they've immediately gone running to his aid.

The implicit request for help came in a text that Williams published on July 27 on his website, entitled "Communion, Covenant and Our Anglican Future."

The Vatican's support was expressed in an article in "L'Osservatore Romano" on the following day, and in a statement on July 29 from the pontifical council for Christian unity.

In addressing the 77 million Anglicans in the world, Williams has taken into account the fact that the danger of schism among them is real, especially after the resolutions approved in mid-July by the Anglicans of the United States, where they are called Episcopalians. But he has urged them to do everything possible to remain united. And in order to convince them, he has also pointed to the disaster that schism would bring in ecumenism, the journey to union with the other Churches and Christian communities, and with the Catholic Church first of all. the rest