From England-For years the Anglican Communion debated whether women should serve as bishops and while the Episcopal Church U.S.A. ordained Bishop Schori as presiding bishop, not all Episcopal or Anglican Churches accept women bishops, much less women priests.
The House of Bishops decision last Thursday once again stirred emotions between the Anglo-Catholics, Conservative Evangelicals, and liberals within the Anglican Church, despite an amendment, which attempted to compromise between the groups. Some predict future chaos and even more departures from the Anglican Church, which the next Archbishop of Canterbury will inherit from the retiring Archbishop Rowan Williams.
The consecration of women, along with homosexual bishops and same-sex marriages, is among the most divisive issues facing the 77 million members of the Anglican Communion around the world.
Other Anglican provinces already have women bishops, including the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
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