Mouneer Anis

The conference will not issue "resolutions," because they don't resolve anything, Archbishop Welby said.

The Anglican Communion's Secretary General rejected claims that another denomination is the rightful owner of Anglican property in Egypt.

Bishop Samy Fawzy Shehata, a theologian with extensive ecumenical and interfaith experience, will succeed Mouneer Anis, a key Global South leader. Shehata will lead the largest diocese of the Communion's newest province, the Province of Alexandria, which will elect its first archbishop later this year.

A new "covenantal structure" approved by the recent Cairo Conference aims to reinforce orthodoxy and define full communion relationships for Global South Anglicans.

The Bishop of Egypt, has been honored for what the Archbishop of Canterbury called his invaluable contribution to the work of peace and reconciliation.

In April I flew to Cairo for the first international conference of the Mission Theology in the Anglican Communion project.

By Matt Townsend Official and unofficial responses to the meeting have poured out, making clear that many within the Anglican Communion are walking and talking.