Scotland leads on tolerance – will the Church of England follow? THE VERY REV KELVIN HOLDSWORTH Provost of St Mary's Cathedral, Glasgow Saturday 02 August 2008 THE bishops of the Anglican Communion are all gathered at Canterbury this weekend. It is the last weekend of the Lambeth Conference, the once-a-decade jamboree for bishops hosted by the Archbishop of Canterbury.Well, all the duly consecrated bishops of the Communion are there except one: the Rt Rev Gene Robinson has been in Canterbury, but with no status in the conference. He was frozen out of the official programme by the Archbishop of Canterbury – presumably his presence was too much to stomach for some potential participants. Full story...
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