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15 Mar 2013

Evangelicals co-sponsor Yes to Women Bishops conference

Yes 2 Women Bishops is holding a conference on Saturday 16 March 2013, from 10.00am to 3.00pm, at Christ Church, New Malden in Southwark Diocese.
20 Nov 2012

An anti-women 'church within a church' is unacceptable

The Christian message is at heart about reconciliation. But the church which is supposed to proclaim and live that message has often failed to do so in its own life and example, sometimes spectacularly.
10 Nov 2012

Saying 'yes' to women bishops

'YES 2 women bishops' (http://yes2womenbishops.blogspot.co.uk) is a website promoting a 'yes' vote in favour of women bishops in the November 2012 meeting of the General Synod of the Church of England, which takes place in ten days time.
7 Jun 2012

Ordaining women bishops: safeguards and tangles

Last-minute changes have complicated the Church of England’s slow progress towards allowing women to be bishops, says Savi Hensman. Attempts to placate opponents are unhelpfully stalling the process further.
21 Nov 2011

Austrian Catholic laity and priests lobby for change

Catholic bishops in Austria have rejected a call by dissident church members for lay people to preside at Mass when parishes have no priests.
25 Jun 2011

Church in Wales appoints first woman Dean to Bangor

The Church in Wales has appointed its first woman as Dean, following the announcement that the Very Rev Alun Hawkins is to retire in Bangor.
20 Jan 2011

Women's ministry advocate re-elected to Archbishops' Council

The re-election of Christina Rees to the C of E Archbishops' Council is a sign that the church's mainstream wants to move forward on the ordination of women bishops.
17 Sep 2010

Catholic women process before the Pope to seek a reformed priesthood

Catholics working for women to be ordained in a reformed priesthood are conducting a 'walk of witness' before the Pope in London today.
27 Jul 2010

Only 10% of British public oppose women bishops

Only one in 10 British adults oppose the introduction of women bishops in the Church of England, according to a poll by YouGov. Also, supporters of gay bishops outnumber their opponents.
22 Jul 2010

Lutheran leader challenges churches on women's ordination

Christians are called to inclusivity, says the head of the Lutheran World Federation. Without it, effective witness to social justice is undermined.

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