Word: communion
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...after all the nation's spiritual leader, the presider over great state celebrations. He ranks second to the royal family in leaving such occasions - he succeeds the sovereign, but precedes the Prime Minister. Moreover, he not only heads the Church of England, but also leads the worldwide Anglican Communion of some 70 million Anglicans and Episcopalians in 164 countries...
...that he was too willing to discuss his candidacy during a bbc interview. Still, the race has many months to run before Carey leaves the job in October. And appointing Nazir-Ali as the 104th Primate of All England might be tempting as an inclusive gesture to the Anglican Communion - and, since he is an Islam expert, a pragmatic one. "This may indeed influence the choice," says Austin. "But the bishop is worthy of the job anyway." Nevertheless, by the end of week, Nazir-Ali had dropped from first to third favorite, with 4-1 odds, according to bookmakers William...
Whoever gets the job knows he will have a hard task in keeping the unwieldy Anglican Communion afloat and the domestic church from falling further into irrelevance. Carey is revered in the Third World, where there are genuine areas of Anglican growth. But it's at home, with a church that Carey once likened to an "elderly lady, muttering ancient platitudes through toothless gums," that the problems may seem darkest. There are pockets of hope. Ordinations have risen by 50% in the last five years - with the help of women - black churches are vibrant, and evangelical crusades like the Alpha...
...increase? One word: community. "The church is still one of the main ways for people to be with each other and with God," says Canon Jim Rosenthal of the Anglican Communion. In good times, people may not feel a need for the security that faith can provide. But the attacks shook the status quo, says Henry Paasonen, senior pastor of the Berlin International Church, prompting "consciousness of the preciousness of life and how disaster can terminate that so suddenly...
...back to the Catholic Church, which I abandoned three years after my mother died. I didn't believe in God or Jesus Christ then. But in New Orleans, close to my roots and my mother, I gradually realized that I did believe, that I wanted to go back to communion, to be a member again. So I did partake of the banquet. In that year, because we had not been married with the Catholic sacrament, Stan and I were remarried in my parish church. It was one of the happiest days of my life...