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...Church of England's synod in London, the historic ballot that approved women as priests reached the required two-thirds by a margin of just two votes. That close decision broke 19 centuries of tradition, and it brings pressure to bear on men-only branches in the worldwide Anglican Communion (70 million members) to imitate the English mother church, U.S. Episcopalians and others. (Australia's Anglicans are expected to authorize women this week.) In England one-fourth of the bishops and priests remain strongly opposed, and some kind of split could develop when ordinations of women begin...
...normally decorous Church of England known such passion as it did last week, when it swept away by a margin of two votes the rule that only men may serve as Anglican priests. Despite pleas for prayer and calm, the controversy will echo throughout the Anglican Communion, and reverberate through all of Christianity, for years to come. On one side are those who believe that the mission of Christ's church is damaged when half its members are denied the chance to use their God-given gifts. On the other are those who are equally devout in their faith that...
...vote's angry aftermath, rumblings of schism erupted not only in England but all across the Anglican Communion, with its 70 million members worldwide. Outside the synod hall, while women and their male supporters cheered and hugged, angry conservatives warned that thousands of members and clergymen would leave the church in protest. "I have become more and more disillusioned with the Church of England," declared Ann Widdecombe, an M.P. and junior minister in the Conservative government who quit the church after the vote. "Its doctrine is doubt, its creed is compromise, and its purpose appears to be party politics. This...
...fate of a 22-year effort to undo King Henry's legacy and reunite the Anglican and Catholic churches. "The problem of the admission of women to the ministerial priesthood," declared a Vatican spokesman, "touches the very nature of the sacrament of priestly orders. This decision by the Anglican Communion constitutes a new and grave obstacle to the entire process of reconciliation...
...Jackson, has never let fame insulate him from reality. His kinky kingdom is alive with the voices and concerns of ordinary people; in standout cuts like 7, The Morning Papers and The Sacrifice of Victor, the music teems with monologues, dialogues and soaring gospel exhortations, all conjoining in a communion of anger, hope and harmony. The irony is sweet enough for even the pharaoh of funk to savor. After years of penitential posing, Prince has looked into his jaded soul and found creative deliverance...