From Uganda-
Anglicans in Uganda yesterday rallied behind conservative colleagues around the world to reject an open-ended invite to them by Pope Benedict XIV to embrace the Catholic faith.
“We are convinced that this is not the time to abandon the Anglican Communion,” Mr Peter Abuja, the chairman of the Global Anglican Future (Gafcon), said in a Tuesday statement that Church of Uganda (CoU) endorsed.
Yesterday, Ms Amanda Onapito, CoU’s newly-promoted communications director, said they “fully subscribe to Gafcon and all its views”.
Uganda last year teamed with other conformist churches representing some 30 million Anglicans around the world to found Gafcon at a symposium in Jerusalem as a parallel forum to profess strict adherence to the scriptures.
The conservatives are angry over mainstream Anglican church’s tolerance – some say acceptance – of openly gay bishops, especially in the US, Canada and Australia.
More here-
http://www.monitor.co.ug/artman/publish/news/Anglicans_to_Pope_We_re_staying_put_94491.shtml
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