From The London Guardian-
Church of England clergy will tomorrow meet a senior Roman Catholic bishop to discuss conversion on the very day the General Synod attempts to reach a compromise over the ordination of women as bishops, the issue at the heart of their possible defection.
Holy Cross Hall in Leicester provides the first formal encounter between a bishop from the Catholic Church in England and Wales and Anglican clergy who want to join a personal ordinariate – a Vatican initiative that will allow entire communities to cross over to Rome while maintaining elements of their own spiritual heritage. Pope Benedict stunned many last October when he issued a decree opening the gates of Rome to disaffected Anglicans.
The meeting coincides with the Church of England General Synod, which faces the impossible task of balancing the needs of traditionalists, who want protection from female ministry, and supporters of women's ordination, who say there should be little or none.
Its 484 members, gathered in the muggy debating chamber at York University, will know within days whether they have succeeded in holding the church together or tearing it apart.
Tomorrow they will spend more than eight hours thrashing out what compromises there should be for traditionalists. The subject, which has proved to be an emotive one, will continue to be the focus on Monday and Tuesday.
More here-
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/09/anglican-clergy-meet-catholic-bishop
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