Pope and Justin Welby to visit South Sudan amid tensions over LGBTQ+ rights

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Head of Anglican church in South Sudan said archbishop of Canterbury was ‘failing to defend biblical truth’

The Catholic church should work to put an end to such laws, he said. “It must do this.” In line with Catholic teaching, he said homosexual acts were sinful but added: “Let’s distinguish between a sin and a crime.”

at the prospect of Church of England clergy blessing couples in same-sex marriages, even though he will not personally offer such blessings for the sake of unity in the global Anglican church. Badi said: “What the English bishops are recommending constitutes unfaithfulness to God who has spoken through His written word.” He accused them of “rewriting God’s law”.

The Anglican church claims about 80 million followers worldwide, with most of its growth in sub-Saharan Africa as congregations in the west dwindle. The Global South Fellowship of Anglican Churches, a conservative group that rejects any change to biblical teaching on marriage and homosexuality, claims to represent 75% of the total.

 

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