The Earth Times website reports that five bishops of the Church of England announced their decision today (November 8, 2010) to convert to the Roman Catholic Church.
The three serving and two retired bishops plan to join the Catholic Church by the end of this year through a scheme known as the personal ordinariate, offered by Pope Benedict XVI last year to Anglicans opposed to new non-Christian policies being adopted by the Anglican Church.
The scheme allows Anglicans to join the Roman Catholic Church, while maintaining aspects of their spiritual heritage.
The bishops are strong opponents of moves in the Anglican Church to allow the ordination of women bishops -- expected by 2012 -- and the wider acceptance of women as priests in the Church of England.
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Will there ever be female Greek Orthodox priests? I doubt it.
ReplyDeleteI doubt that there will be female Orthodox priests -- or female Catholic priests -- at least not for the next 100 years.
ReplyDeleteAs society becomes more and more permissive -- which has been the trend during the past half century -- then perhaps female priests will be accepted in all religions.