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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German Catholic synod calls for gay blessings, women clergy, married priests

Feb 8, 2022 by

by George Conger, Anglican Ink: The Roman Catholic Synodal Assembly for Germany has urged Pope Francis to rethink his opposition to women deacons and married priests, and also change the church’s teaching on the morality of homosexual...

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Church of England priest who disrupted consecration of first female bishop loses religious discrimination tribunal

Dec 29, 2021 by

by Katie Feehan, Mailonline: A Church of England priest who protested at the consecration of the first female bishop has lost a claim of religious discrimination at a tribunal after he claimed he was forced to retire because he believes...

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Mutual Flourishing? Do the Number of Senior Appointments Support the Five Guiding Principles?

Jul 29, 2021 by

from English Churchman: Church Society has highlighted the question regarding the seriousness of the Church of England’s hierarchy about its implementation of Five Guiding Principles that were published in 2014. The Five Guiding...

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Welby lays out protocols for consecrating bishops who cannot accept the ordination of women

Jul 18, 2020 by

from Archbishop of Canterbury website: Together with the Archbishop of York, in consultation with the Bishop of London, and after conversation with the House of Bishops, I have put forward new arrangements for the consecration of bishops....

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