Primates meet in a spirit of ‘extraordinary’ warmth in Canterbury
by Madeleine Davies, Church Times:
THE Primates’ Meeting in Canterbury this week has begun in a spirit of “extraordinary” fellowship and warm collegiality, journalists were told on Tuesday.
One of the Primates’ first actions was to invite the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the US, the Most Revd Michael Curry, to pray at the beginning of evensong on Monday in response to the mass shooting in Las Vegas.
Sources have described the fellowship among those closed gathered as “extraordinary”. Any suggestion that the Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church — expected to be told of the “consequences” of his Church’s recent vote in favour of same-sex marriage — might feel uncomfortable was inaccurate.
One long-standing Primate is said to have described the meeting as “the best he can recall” in terms of relationships within the group, as well as the tone of the conversation between the Primates.
The meeting is missing three Primates from the global South — those of Nigeria, Uganda, and Rwanda — who have chosen to stay away over the long-standing rift in the Anglican Communion over sexuality.
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