Published Date:
17 June 2006
By JOYCE MCMILLAN
SPARE a thought this weekend, if you will, for the Most Rev Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury. On Thursday at St Paul's, amid all the splendour of a British state occasion at its grandest, he gave the sermon at a service of thanksgiving for the Queen's 80th birthday and spoke, as usual, thoughtfully about constitutional monarchy as a way of giving a human face to power.
Yet next week, as the US Episcopalian Church begins its triennial meeting in Ohio, the archbishop risks becoming the last occupant of his post to preside over a more or less united worldwide Anglican Communion. Essentially, his Church is tearing itse...
The full article contains 994 words and appears in The Scotsman newspaper.
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Last Updated:
16 June 2006 7:41 PM
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Source:
The Scotsman
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Location:
Edinburgh
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