MPs press the Church of England to rid itself of priests who oppose the ordination of women

Aug 2, 2023 by

By Andrew Selous, from Anglican Ink: House of Commons, Thursday 20 July 2023. The House met at half-past Nine o’clock. The hon. Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, was asked: Dame Diana Johnson MP...

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Church of England campaigners demand end to bans on women priests

Jul 30, 2023 by

by Kaya Burgess, The Times: A church in the Cornish coastal town that Dawn French, star of The Vicar of Dibley, once called home has rescinded its decision to reject female vicars, reversing what it called a “misguided and...

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Synodality, ‘Instrumentum Laboris’ and the culture wars

Jul 4, 2023 by

by Gavin Ashenden, Catholic Herald: It was forty years ago that I walked into an Anglican Communion service in Canada and encountered my first Anglican woman priest in the liturgy. I was rather excited. I was not long out of Anglican...

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Canterbury Cathedral U-turn over livestreaming ‘particular’ consecrations

Feb 1, 2023 by

by Francis Martin, Church Times: THE consecrations of two new flying bishops in Canterbury Cathedral on Thursday are now to be livestreamed, reversing an earlier decision that “gracious restraint” be exercised because of their...

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Church divided over promotion of bishop who opposes ordination of women as priests

Jan 12, 2023 by

by Rosie Dawson, Religion Media Centre: Philip North, 56, the Bishop of Burnley, is to be “translated” (churchspeak for “promoted”) to become the next Bishop of Blackburn. For the Church of England there is an unusual amount of agreement...

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Female clergy make unity an impossibility

Mar 8, 2022 by

by Michael Nazir-Ali, Catholic Herald: There was a period after the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission agreement on ministry and ordination had been published — even though the first canonical ordinations of women to...

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