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LONDON — The Church of England
overturned centuries of tradition on
Monday with a final vote allowing
women to become bishops, with the
first appointments possible by
Christmas.
Approval of the historic change,
which was first agreed to in July, was
announced after a largely symbolic
show of hands at the General Synod,
the lawmaking body of the Church of
England. The British Parliament
supported the measure last month.
“Today we can begin to embrace a
new way of being the church and
moving forward together,” the
archbishop of Canterbury, the Most
Rev. Justin Welby, said after the vote.
Two decades after the first female
priest was ordained, the issue of
women taking senior roles in the
church hierarchy remains divisive.
As recently as 2012, the proposal had
been defeated by six votes.

SOURCE: http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/11/18/world/europe/church-of-england-approves-plan-allowing-female-bishops.html?_r=0&referrer=

What is happening to Christendom?

Parkac:
What is happening to Christendom?

I'm surprised. And they call this Modernization or Gender Equality