"The Catholic Bishops of England and Wales will take part in the Lambeth Conference with card. Murphy-O’Connor and Bishop Declan Lang. The Catholic devotees and their Bishops pray for this time of judgement and decision for the Primate Rowan Williams and all of the Anglican confession". With these words, mgr. Andrew Faley, in charge of ecumenism in the Bishops Conference of England and Wales, tells how the English Catholic Church is living the preparations for the Lambeth conference, the event that gathers all the Anglican primates in Canterbury every ten years. The "Lambeth Conference" from 14th July to 4th August shall tackle a number of problems that are sorely testing the Anglican Communion. Since in 2003 the American Episcopal Church ordained the gay bishop Gene Robinson and since the ordination of gay pastors and gay marriages in church have become widespread, one third of the Anglican Communion has threatened to separate from Canterbury. From 22nd to 29th June, Jerusalem will host the "Global Anglican Future Conference", a meeting organised by over 280 Bishops (Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, South America and Sydney, and English Evangelical Bishops), to protest against the participation in the Lambeth Conference of American liberal bishops who are in favour of gay marriages and ordinations.
