The Church of England is facing a serious split over a vote by its governing synod to ordain women bishops.
More than 1,300 traditionalist clergy are threatening to quit after the General Synod rejected their demand that special parishes be created that would remain under male leadership. The Church of England is part of the worldwide Anglican Communion comprising 77 million followers. It first ordained women priests amid controversy in 1994. The England church's threatened schism precedes the Lambeth Conference, the wider Anglican community's Anglicans form conservative group ...
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Warner warns England over Cup bid ... once-in-a-decade gathering which starts in southern England next week. The Vatican says it regrets the synod's decision to allow women bishops, saying it presents a new obstacle to reconciliation between the Roman Catholic church and the Anglican community.
(Deutsche Welle)
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