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  • The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, second left,  walks into the Canterbury Cathedral for  Sunday service, Canterbury, England, Sunday, July 20, 2008. The world's Anglican bishops have turned to the enormous task at the heart of their once-a-decade summit: trying to keep the Anglican family from breaking apart over the Bible and homosexuality.  With its private prayer phase over Saturday, the business of the Lambeth Conference begins, but it is hobbled by a boycott: about one-quarter of the invited bishops _ mostly theological conservatives from Africa _ are not attending.

    Williams: Anglicans in 'severe' crisis

    The head of the Anglican Communion said Sunday that the global fellowship faces "one of the most severe challenges" in its history, and he urged bishops at their once-a-decade Lambeth Conference to do the hard work of finding solutions.