Anglican Communion falling apart: Archbishops of Nigeria, Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya and Southern Cone give up Anglican Communion for Lent

This is slightly belated news. But the Archbishops of Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, and the Southern Cone (which contains a number of Dioceses in Latin America) have given up the Anglican Communion for Lent, and will not be attending the Lambeth Conference, a signature Anglican event.

As an aside, I gave up meat for Lent, myself.

Mark Harrishas more coverage on his blog.

While these are only five of 44 provinces, the first four are rather large ones. Nigeria is the largest province in the Communion. The thinking is that these folks, and perhaps some others, will split off permanently from the Anglican Communion.

My chaplain likened it to the situation of a married couple who are better off divorcing.