It's the Bish!

Our local "big city" newspaper today ran Gene Frankels's Saturday WaPo puff piece about Archbishop Rowan Williams of the Anglican Church - Anglican Head Seeks 'Middle Way'. The gist is that the sincere but harried cleric is trying to keep things together despite the rancor over gay clergymen:

Friends say Williams is deeply frustrated that the church is obsessed with this issue when he would prefer to focus on poverty, AIDS and the impact of globalization. But they insist he will continue to try to work through it by buying time and keeping the two sides from leaving the church.

"Rowan hasn't got an agenda here, except to keep the communion united if he can," said Rev. Martin Reynolds, spokesman for the Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement.

Translation: he wants to keep the cash cows from leaving the barn so he can continue to pursue his hobbies.

I know, old snooze. But the best part is that along with:

The archbishop of Canterbury, spiritual leader of the world's 70 million Anglicans, has called himself a "hairy lefty," ...

they ran what has to be the most unappealing picture of the Bish I have ever seen. I could't find it on the web, but this one will give you the flavor.