Graceless Body Broken?
Rowan Williams Struggles to Save the Anglican Communion
by George Conger
To paraphrase Oscar Wilde, one must have a heart of stone to read of the death of the Episcopal Church without laughing. Homosexual bishops, crooked treasurers, litigious clergy, and conventions pleading for Mumia Abu-Jamal’s freedom offer diverting entertainment for those not found within its pale.
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George Conger , a priest of the Episcopal diocese of Central Florida and an honorary canon of St. Matthew?s Cathedral in Dallas, Texas, was accredited to the 9th Assembly of the World Council of Churches in Porto Alegre, Brazil, for The Church of England Newspaper and the Living Church magazine.
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