Anglicans say NO to female bishops
22/11/2012Women bishops
An almost unexpected “no”, but “this vote is certainly not the end of the story”: this the Archbishop of Canterbury and Primate of the Anglican Communion underlined on the radio with the BBC, Rowan Williams, after the startling decision at the General Synod of the Church of England on the proposal to introduce the consecration of female bishops.
The system that regulates the activity of the Synod is strict, requiring a two thirds majority in each of the three houses, in order to pass the proposal to pass the proposal, but it was not reached… Read more »