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William Crawley | 17:11 UK time, Monday, 23 June 2008

The latest from GAFCON, the Global Anglican Future Conference in Jerusalem: This is the text of the , Archbishop of Nigeria. of the GAFCON meetings is also available.

Archbishop Peter Jensen of Sydney responds to press reports of a GAFCON schism . As a consequence of recent disagreements across the Communion, Archbishop Jensen says be believes the role of the Archbishop of Canterbury has changed. The office of Archbishop of Canterbury may no longer enjoy the loyalty it was received from member provinces of the Communion. Interestingly, Peter Jensen links some of that cultural change to the fact that "the British Empire has now ceased to be and the British commonwealth of nations has come into existence or the nuclear family has turned into an extended family."

Also: Riazat Butt of The Guardian has about how "clerics at the Global Anglican Futures Conference have been slow to condemn violence against gay people."

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