From England- (ENS)The House of Bishops of the Church of England met for two days in York Dec. 9 and 10. This meeting was the first at which 8 female regional representatives attended the meeting as participant observers with the same rights as Provincial Episcopal Visitors.
Over its meeting the house covered a wide range of business including discussion of women in the episcopate, the Pilling Report on Human Sexuality, the approval of experimental liturgy for Baptism, changes to legislative approaches on Safeguarding and discussion of the Anglican-Methodist covenant.
As part of their discussion on women in the episcopate, the house heard from members of the steering committee on women bishops on suggestions for the next steps in the process. The house agreed the text of a draft declaration and regulations for a mandatory disputes resolution procedure for debate at General Synod in February 2014. The house also agreed to begin at the February Synod the process for rescinding the 1993 Act of Synod so that all the elements of the new package could be agreed by the synod in July 2014.
More here-
http://episcopaldigitalnetwork.com/ens/2013/12/10/england-house-of-bishops-welcomes-female-participant-observers/
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