Dias ‘was not criticizing Anglicans’ : CEN 7.24.08

Dias ‘was not criticizing Anglicans’ : CEN 7.24.08 July 24, 2008

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Canterbury: Cardinal Ivan Dias was not referring to any particular church when he criticized ecclesial communities “suffering from spiritual Alzheimer’s” the Anglican Communion’s top negotiator with the Vatican said yesterday, but was referring to the spiritual torpor prevalent across Western Christianity.

One of the Communion’s senior bishops, the Rt Rev David Beetge, Bishop of the Highveld, (South Africa) and co-chairman of the International Anglican-Roman Catholic Commission for Unity and Mission (IARCCUM) told ReligiousIntelligence.com on July 23 that the Cardinal’s address to the bishops at Lambeth “wasn’t directed at any province” of the church.

Cardinal Dias’ point about spiritual feeblemindedness was a critique of those who “live for the present moment,” Bishop Beetge said. His message to the Anglican Communion was that Rome is “not going to leave you. We want you to find a way to hold together at this moment.”

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