https://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2009/10/22/the-lighting-of-the-beacons/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 07:22:09 -0400<![CDATA[Andrew Brown of the Guardian called the Roman Catholic Church&#8217;s offer to admit disaffected Anglicans &#8220;the end of the Anglican Communion&#8221;, describing the 1/7th of the clergy which its believes will jump ship as a death blow. If so, it is the coup de grace. The Anglican Communion has long been hemorrhaging members, fleeing from a church which many of its members believe has abandoned its traditional beliefs. Most of those who were expected to take up the Catholic Church&#8217;s offer to convert are described as social conservatives who think their community has gone too far toward embracing openly gay bishops and women priests. The Daily Mail put the indictment against the Archbishop of Canterbury plainly: he&#8217;s no longer a divine, but a politician and those are dime a dozen. &#8220;If our Archbishop spent less time fretting about climate change, he might notice the pope is about to mug him&#8221;.]]>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:09:57 -0400<![CDATA[Richard Fernandez]]>https://pjmedia.com/richard-fernandez/2009/10/22/the-lighting-of-the-beacons-n189316