London, England, May 9, 2008 / 00:34 am
Cardinal Walter Kasper has called for the Anglican Church to “clarify its identity,” saying the church must make “certain difficult decisions” to determine whether it belongs to the Catholic and Orthodox Churches of the first millennium or the Protestant Churches of the 16th century.
The cardinal’s remarks precede the Anglican Communion’s upcoming Lambeth Conference, a worldwide gathering of Anglicans that takes place every ten years. Controversies concerning biblical authority, sexual morality, and the ordination of women and homosexuals as bishops are expected to dominate the conference.