Church of England synod vote " paves way" for female bishops

 

 

 

Church of England synod vote " paves way" for female bishops

 

 

Members of the clergy voted overwhelmingly in favour of new proposals which allow the ordination of women as bishops for the next year.
Mr Cameron said he would work with the Church to see women bishops in Parliament and he strongly supported women bishops and he hoped the Church of England took that key step to ensure its place as a modern church in touch with society .

Anglican practices and rituals are primarily found in the Book of Common Prayer, a compilation of liturgy developed by Thomas Cranmer in the 16th century. Anglican Christianity has many features in common with Roman Catholic Christianity but it also has differences such catechism or ordination of women , but women have never been allowed to hold high positions in Church until now. This leads us to our next pictures , the first woman bishop consecrated in Ireland, Pat Storey a married mother of two and now the bishop of Meath and Kildare ."Exciting and daunted", that  is as she says to feel ...