Led by crusading Archbishop Peter Akinola of Nigeria the bishops of the Global South Anglicans, "representing twenty of the thirty-eight Provinces of the Anglican Communion" and nearly half the world's Anglicans, urged fellow believers on Sunday to reform the Anglican Communion rather than accept Pope Benedict XVI's invitation to join the Roman Catholic Church.
In a statement on their Web site, they said:
. . . we believe that the proposed Anglican Covenant sets the necessary parameters in safeguarding the catholic and apostolic faith and order of the Communion. It gives Anglican churches worldwide a clear and principled way forward in pursuing God’s divine purposes together in the one, holy, catholic and apostolic church of Jesus Christ. We urge churches in the Communion to actively work together towards a speedy adoption of the Covenant.
Stories: Reuters; Associated Press.
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