The Archbishop, in a statement issued by Venerable Dr George Dawson Ahmoah, the Executive Director of the Internal Province Secretariat, pledged the full support of the Anglican Church to ensure the success of the exercise.

He said it would take concerted efforts by Ghanaians to ensure that the initiative achieved the intended results of preserving the environment and ultimately restoring the ecosystem.

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Whilst people have been suffering in Israel and in the West Bank too, the lives of those in Gaza have once again been disproportionally affected. 219 Palestinians, including 63 children and 35 women (3 of whom were pregnant) have lost their lives. Tens of thousands have been displaced and made homeless once more. Hundreds of buildings have been destroyed, including 6 hospitals and 44 schools. This is unacceptable.

Five separate church properties were handed over from the Episcopal Church's newly re-named Episcopal Church in North Texas to the Anglican Church in North America's Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth. Much of the property within those buildings was removed by Episcopalians and remains in dispute before an appeals court.

Property Wars

This was, therefore, not a motion from the floor of the synod but one directly endorsed by the Bishop Richard Treloar. He is now on the record as telling his diocese (and the wider Anglican Church of Australia) that marriage is not the standard for chastity and that sex outside of marriage is a moral good, albeit within a "committed and monogamous" relationship. How "committed" is to be defined is not clear.