ENI—Episcopal (Anglican) bishops in the United States say their church has failed to adequately address economic concerns because it has been too consumed with internal controversies.
The 2.2-million-member church has been riddled by internal strife following the 2003 consecration of V. Gene Robinson—an openly gay man—as bishop in New Hampshire. Four U.S. dioceses have left the church, and some Anglican bishops from other parts of the world have boycotted events attended by U.S. bishops.
“We have often failed to speak a compelling word of commitment to economic justice,” the U.S. bishops said in a letter in March. “We have often failed to speak truth to power, to name the greed and consumerism that has pervaded our culture, and we have too often allowed the culture to define us instead of being formed by Gospel values.”
