FEARON: We thank you for the hope and faith of the Archbishop of Canterbury in inviting his colleagues to the meeting of this instrument.

VOL: Faith and hope might bring them. There is still no certainty at this time that they will all come. But here's hoping. Welby will need a miracle along the lines of raising Jairus' daughter from the dead if he accomplishes anything.

The welcome given to Pope Francis was nothing short of inspiring, putting even rock stars in the shadows. In truth he came as a servant and not as a "star." That makes all the difference in the world. As one columnist observed, "He is a remarkable Pontiff, in many ways exactly what Catholics need. Humble, generous, thoughtful, hands-on and transparently ordinary, he is the closest the faith has come to finding accommodation with the irreversible liberalism of much of modern life."

The Communique urged "all Christians to exercise simple faith and obedience to God for victory by living lives characterized by honesty, truth and integrity and called the Church to faithfulness in her message to uphold the holiness and righteousness of the living God."

It is on this basis that the GAFCON Primates will prayerfully consider their response to the Archbishop of Canterbury's letter. They recognize that the crisis in the Communion is not primarily a problem of relationships and cultural context, but of false teaching which continues without repentance or discipline, he noted in a letter to his followers.