There is a ghost hovering at the Synod on the Family, that haunts its deliberations over marriage, divorce, remarriage, women and gays. That ghost is the Anglican Communion, riven by rows that threaten its unity. Could the Catholic Church go the same way, its African hierarchs at loggerheads with those in the West, who are under pressure from the laity to embrace those who are gay, or in second marriages or cohabiting? The Archbishop of Canterbury is attempting to avert schism by bringing its bishops together next year to try to find some way ahead. While Archbishop Welby is seeking some new route through the battlefield of Anglicanism, beset by troubles about gays and women, by asserting his authority through his summons, Pope Francis, so far, is attempting to deal with his problems via