Global Briefs for Sept. 8
Assisted suicide • Christine Hardman • SE Asia • Josiah Atkins Idowu-Fearon
The Next Bishop of Stockport
Libby Lane will serve as a suffragan bishop for Stockport in the Diocese of Chester.
Synod ‘Promulges’ Canon
Archbishop Justin Welby: “It has taken a very long time but the way is now open.”
U.S. Bishops to Speak in Wales
Two bishops from the United States will visit Wales to speak from their experience as women elected to the episcopate.
Key Moments in Synod’s Debate
By John Martin • An advocate of women’s ordination praises an Anglo-Catholic layman’s sacrificial remarks.
Synod Slogs through in York
By John Martin • No substantial decisions emerge from General Synod’s summer session.
Living with Difference
By Colin Podmore
I fight to keep the church broad and tolerant, to enable traditional Christians not just to remain but to flourish.
Will Parliament Intervene?
By John Martin
The Church of England’s House of Bishops will meet in emergency session early Wednesday to consider next steps on women in the episcopate.
Due in September
By John Martin
After the July sessions of its General Synod in York the Church of England remains in limbo on women in the episcopate.