Archbishop Justin Welby: ‘Reconciliation doesn’t always mean agreement’

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CANTERBURY, England (RNS) Various factions within the Anglican Communion are jockeying for position as bishops of the world’s third-largest Christian tradition gather in Canterbury for the start of a six-day meeting to discuss the future of their communion.

But averting a split may not be possible.

Archbishop Justin Welby said the 85 million-strong Anglican Communion would still be a “family” even if some national churches went their “separate ways.”

In an interview with the BBC’s Radio Four Monday (Jan. 11), he said he wants reconciliation, but he said “reconciliation doesn’t always mean agreement. … It means finding ways of disagreeing well.”

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