"Isn’t it desperately sad that, at a time when we face formidable problems – poverty, HIV/AIDS, conflict – that the Anglican Communion can invest so much energy on disagreements about human sexuality? A communion that used to boast that one of its distinctive characteristics was something called comprehensiveness, that our communion, the Anglican Church, included just about everybody. Even if you had the most weird theology you could come in, you were allowed. And now we, who used to be held up in admiration by many because of this inclusiveness, are now spending time working out how we can excommunicate one another. God looks on and God weeps. God weeps."
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"And God Smiles," sermon preached at All Saints Church, Pasadena, California (6 November 2005)
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Desmond Tutu
1931 – 2021
südafrikanischer anglikanischer Theologe und Bürgerrechtler
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