The Archbishop of Canterbury last night admitted the future of the Church of England was 'chaotic and uncertain'. Rowan Williams said 'God knows' what will happen amid attempts by the Vatican to lure Anglican clergy to convert to Roman Catholicism.
The bleak analysis from the leader of the Church of England came after the Vatican smoothed the way for hundreds of thousands of disaffected Anglicans to convert to Catholicism, while retaining their liturgies and key parts of their ecclesiastical identity.
The Pope vowed to set up personal ordinariates, or Roman Catholic dioceses, to take in former Anglicans who oppose women bishops and accept the authority of Rome.
It is thought traditionalists could switch if the Church proceeds with plans to consecrate women bishops - 400,000 have already quit over the issue.
The acceptance of homosexual clergy has also caused deep divisions.
In a sermon, delivered at All Saints Church in Central London, Dr Williams said: 'God knows what the future holds for any of us, for any of our ecclesiastical institutions, but we can at least begin with what we can be sure of; that God has graced us with the lives of saints ...'
And he added: 'And at times when the future seems more than usually chaotic and uncertain, it doesn't hurt simply to give thanks.'
He also said it was possible to be Anglican and still 'lead lives of Catholic holiness even in the Communion of the See of Canterbury'. continues here
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