Rome to the Rescue?

Three Cardinals are coming to the Conference to save Dr. Williams' bacon. The Cardinal for Christian Unity, the Cardinal who serves as the head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales and the most interesting to me - the head of the Vatican's Congregation for the Evangelization of the Peoples aka the person who appoints all the bishops in Africa and Asia.

Rome has sent an emissary who appoints in the same geographical regions that have fostered most of the dissent to smooth the roiled waters created because an American bishop was elected democratically by the people of his diocese. That difference in our polities seems to be conveniently overlooked when the topic of "How could you all have done this to the beloved Communion" comes up.

While it is true that Pope Benedict XVI and Dr. Williams have a great friendship and mutual respect, the word on the street is that Rome wants to cool the foment on the Thames lest it spread to the Tiber.

Viva Papa