{"id":9262,"date":"2010-07-06T12:12:50","date_gmt":"2010-07-06T16:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=9262"},"modified":"2010-07-06T12:12:50","modified_gmt":"2010-07-06T16:12:50","slug":"anglican-church-of-canadas-sexuality-discernment-statement-now-available-in-french","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/anglican-church-of-canadas-sexuality-discernment-statement-now-available-in-french\/","title":{"rendered":"Anglican Church of Canada\u2019s Sexuality Discernment Statement now available in French"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just what we\u2019ve all been waiting for<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Sexuality discernment statement released in French.
\nGeneral Synod’s statement on sexuality discernment<\/a> is now available in French. At the General Synod 2010 meeting, members met several times in small groups to discuss human sexuality. This statement is a report from these conversations and acknowledges the differing viewpoints on human sexuality within the church as well as members’ desire to stay in conversation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This translation will mainly be of interest to Anglicans in the Diocese of Quebec – well, and Montreal, although Montreal is largely bilingual. The average age<\/a> of a Diocese of Quebec Anglican is 75 and, as you can imagine, they\u2019ve all been champing at the bit to talk about gay sex: now they can really get down to what interests them before shuffling off this mortal coil:<\/p>\n

The Diocese of Quebec is all but dead, its bishop told the Canadian House of Bishop at their fall meeting in Niagara Falls, the Anglican Journal of Canada reports.<\/p>\n

The Rt. Rev. Dennis Drainville said his diocese was \u201cteetering on the verge of extinction\u201d according to an account given by the church\u2019s official newspaper.<\/p>\n

Of the diocese\u2019s 82 congregations, 50 were childless and 35 congregations had an average age of 75. These graying congregations often had no more than 10 people in church on Sundays, he said. \u201cThe critical mass isn\u2019t there, there\u2019s no money anymore,\u201d he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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