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Bishop Tony Palmer, who declared the death of Protestantism, who was friend of Pope Francis and liaison for the Protestants and Catholics has died in a motorcycle accident on July 20, 2014. Time will tell what effect this shocking event will have on Tony Palmer's mission and whether the charismatics and Catholics use this to further draw the world together. Perhaps his death will slow the efforts of the "convergent church", a new name for those wishing to converge or merge with the Catholic church, or perhaps others will take his death as a rally cry to push harder. In any case, it is a tragic end of a soul and an aggressive front man for the Catholic church.
News Story:
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Pentecostal bishop who used his iPhone to film a video of Pope Francis addressing other Pentecostals died July 20 after a motorcycle accident.
Bishop Tony Palmer, whom Pope Francis referred to as his friend, was riding the motorcycle when he crashed head-on with a car traveling in the wrong lane, according to Ian Findlay, principal of Embassy Bible College in Bath, England.
Bishop Palmer, a member of the independent Communion of Evangelical Episcopal Churches, "was airlifted to (the) hospital and was in (the operating) theater for 10 hours, but the doctors could not save him," Findlay told Catholic News Service in a telephone interview July 21.
The bishop served as the dean of the Bible college and was "a very dear friend," Findlay said. "I'm praying the fruits of his ministry," particularly his promotion of ecumenical cooperation, will continue.
Bishop Palmer, who was born in the United Kingdom and grew up in South Africa, was co-founder of The Ark Community, which describes itself as "an internet-based, interdenominational" Christian community. Previously he served as the director of the South Africa office of Kenneth Copeland Ministries, a U.S.-based Pentecostal group offering mega-prayer meetings around the world.
Pope Francis' iPhone video message, filmed by Bishop Palmer in January, was addressed to participants in a conference sponsored by Kenneth Copeland Ministries.
Addressing Bishop Palmer as "my brother, a bishop-brother" and saying they had "been friends for years," the pope spoke of his longing for Christian unity and his confidence that God would bring about the miracle of Christian unity.
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Bishop Palmer, pope's Pentecostal friend, dies in motorcycle accident
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