Is it a bird? Is it a plane? It's SUPER-CHURCH!

Anglicans in Christchurch are talking about sharing a cathedral with the Catholics, a move that would have worldwide ramifications. Rebuilding Christchurch's two wounded cathedrals into one unprecedented Anglican-Catholic super-cathedral is under discussion at top levels in the Anglican Church, and if given the green light, it would bring the Catholics and Anglicans together under the same cathedral roof for the first time in the world since the churches split in the 16th century. Not only that, it will be a great space-saver because you only have one building to worry about instead of two. But since Henry VIII split the two churches, the Catholics and Anglicans have developed some differences, including but not limited to:

• The Anglican Church rejected papal supremacy, and Henry VIII established himself as the head of that Church. Over time, however, the Anglican Church adopted a revised liturgy and became influenced briefly by Lutheran and then more lastingly by Calvinist doctrine.
• Women, homosexuals, and married men can be ordained as priests and bishops in the Anglican churches, but not in the Catholic ones.
• There are many nationwide Anglican churches, but only one Catholic church. Not only that, but their dioceses' boundaries are not necessarily coterminous.

Speaking of Chirstchurch's cathedrals, a date for the High Court hearing to halt the demolition of the Christ Church Cathedral has been set. Former Wigram MP and co-chairman of the Great Christchurch Buildings Trust (GCBT) Jim Anderton said the court would decide whether plans to demolish the cathedral breached legislation protecting church buildings on October 3 and 4.