In response to questions at a conference, Dr Williams described how strong the impact of the Mass was on him. "I found myself that evening kneeling at prayer in tears and feeling that I'd been taken somewhere new.
Read moreBolivian Bishop Frank Lyons consecrated William Haley, 36, a former youth minister at the Falls Church Episcopal -- Virginia's largest Episcopal parish -- as a deacon.
Read more"I'm not planning to go anywhere, but I think they will try to remove me. That is going to be my Good Friday. That is going to be my people's Good Friday. But I think we are prepared. We will not turn away from Jesus," he said.
Throughout the three-day gathering, leaders spoke of a "realignment" of worldwide Anglicanism. Drawing on a Bible passage in which Joshua challenged the Israelites to choose between the true God and pagan gods, there was a running theme of "choose this day."
Read moreOf course, this irregular ordination is in direct violation of the Windsor Report as well as the Communiqué from the Primates, both of which uphold Catholic tradition insisting that all bishops respect the integrity of Diocesan boundaries.
Read moreWhile Episcopal and Anglican conservatives have warned before of the possibility of a split in the 77 million-member Anglican Communion over these issues, powerful primates of national and regional Anglican churches from Africa, Asia and the Caribbean said Friday that a break was all but inevitable if the Episcopal Church did not vote to change course at the Columbus meeting.
Read moreThe loss of such a connection would be deeply felt in the Church, but would be a non-issue for the nation, Bishop Robinson said, despite the Episcopal Church's history of leadership disproportionate to its numbers - only one per cent of the US population.
"My hope is that our gifts and our passions and our faith are important to the rest of the world as well."
Read moreThe South American diocese is based in Cochabamba, Bolivia, and led by Bishop Frank Lyon.
Cleveland attorney James Niehaus, who represents the four congregations, said the vote means the parishes are no longer a part of the local diocese or the national church.
Read moreNjegovan told the CBC that he had banned the The Anglican Planet in his parishes. "As bishop, I do not endorse any such material. Nor do I wish to see it distributed in, or to, our parishes."
The Anglican Planet is published out of Charlottetown by Anglican minister David Harris who said that the bishop is making a mistake. "We're getting letters from people saying they just feel refreshed by another voice within the Anglican Church of Canada," said Harris.
Read moreMr Coekin had earlier threatened to take action of this sort unless the Bishop of Southwark dissociated himself from the recent House of Bishops' pastoral statement on civil partnerships, which said that clergy had no right to inquire into the private lives of their congregations who register their relationships when the law comes into effect next month.
Read moreMetropolitans have the power to discipline bishops in their area. In recent years, Archbishop Buckle and Bishop Ingham clashed over the issue of same-sex blessings. After New Westminster voted in 2002 to allow such ceremonies, several dissenting parishes asked Bishop Buckle, a theological conservative, to come into the diocese to perform such episcopal acts as confirmations.
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