Women clergy are still fighting a battle for acceptance in the church.
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The two church leaders want to promote togetherness between Catholics and Anglicans, but their own churches are bitterly divided.
As the first woman bishop prepares for her consecration on January 26, a row has erupted over another high-profile consecration scheduled for the following week. Libby Lane will become bishop of Stockport…
In 1979, the year Mrs Thatcher came to power, the Now! Religion Survey found that 85% of Anglicans thought women should be able to be clergy. It took the Church of England a further 15 years of wrangling…
