"Isn't it sad, that in a time when we face so many devastating problems – poverty, HIV/AIDS, war and conflict – that in our Communion we should be investing so much time and energy on disagreement about sexual orientation? [The Communion, which] "used to be known for embodying the attribute of comprehensiveness, of inclusiveness, where we were meant to accommodate all and diverse views, saying we may differ in our theology but we belong together as sisters and brothers now seems hell-bent on excommunicating one another. God must look on and God must weep."
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"Tutu calls on Anglicans to accept gay bishop" in Spero News (14 November 2005)
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Desmond Tutu
1931 – 2021
südafrikanischer anglikanischer Theologe und Bürgerrechtler
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