Queen 'appalled' at Church of England moves, claim Vatican moles

Telegraph ^ | October 3, 2009 | Richard Eden

[NYer]

According to informants quoted in The Catholic Herald, the Queen has "grown increasingly sympathetic" to the Catholic Church over the years while being "appalled", along with the Prince of Wales, at developments in the Church of England.

The usually well-informed newspaper adds that the Queen, who is the Supreme Governor of the C of E, is "also said to have an affinity with the Holy Father, who is of her generation".

In July, The Sunday Telegraph disclosed that the Queen had told the heads of a traditionalist group, formed in response to the liberal direction of some parts of the Anglican Communion, that she "understood their concerns" about the future of the 80 million-strong global church.

One leading evangelical said: "We found the letters very supportive."

Her intervention was predicted to have surprised many because the group, called the Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans, was feared by some to be a divisive force and one of its senior figures was this accused of being homophobic.

The then Bishop of Rochester, Dr Michael Nazir-Ali, called on homosexuals to repent. He said the Church of England must stick to the Biblical teaching that marriage should only be between a man and a woman.

"We want to hold on to the traditional teaching of the Church," he said. "We don't want to be rolled over by culture and trends in the Church," said the bishop, who was one of the most senior religious figures in England.

A Buckingham Palace spokesman declines to comment.

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[Oztrich Boy]

For a thousand years the arrangement was that if a King wanted a divorce that Church gave it to him.

The Pope broke that agreement.

[Romulus]

Rubbish.

[Barney59]

Amen FatherO’5!

The truth shall set them free...

[meandog]

As a “former” Episcopalian, I wish the libs would just leave and go form their own church ... do whatever they like, worship whatever gods they choose ... but leave the Episcopal Church, that I grew up in and loved, behind and intact. So much for a Sunday morning wish.

But, but, but...what about the gays and lesbians? Aren't ALL sinners welcomed under the banner of the EUSA? Afterall, it's just about sex (I concur but just playing DEVIL's advocate here with respect to The Wrong Rev. Vickie Gene's ordination, etc...)