Fears of a schism in Anglican Church

The right-leaning daily fears a possible schism in the Anglican Church after the U.S. branch of the communion elected as its leader a woman who does not regard homosexuality as a sin. "The election of the Right Rev Katharine Schori to be Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States may be as much a reflection of the rivalries within that body as a calculated challenge to the wider Anglican community [which numbers 77 million members worldwide]. Yet it will still have the effect of pouring more petrol on a raging fire. Her elevation may well entrench attitudes within the Church of England over the appointment of women bishops, deepen the Anglican divide on homosexuality and render a formal schism more probable. ... The Anglican Church today appears less a 'rainbow coalition' than a cast of angry, incompatible, colours."

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