The Pros and Cons of Anglican Schism.

Chloe Breyer, an Episcopal priest in West Harlem, NY, debates the much discussed possibility of split at Slate.com.

If it were to occur, would schism be ruinous? The downside would be the damage inflicted on poor recipients overseas of aid that comes from the U.S. church and on a central historical tenet of Anglicanism as a middle way between extremes of belief. The exclusion of North America from the international councils of the Anglican Communion would also diminish the church's traditional unifying institutions. But the threat of schism isn't all bad news. The present crisis offers the opportunity to question the largely clerical and male makeup of the international councils that hold decision-making power in the church—questions that are overdue.

And, Fr. Tony Clavier shares his wise counsel in "It's Time To Be Quiet."