Women!

Women!  why are we so much trouble?   For we females who call ourselves Christians the debate of the roll of women in the church continues.                                    In 1970
Pope Paul V1 warned the then Archbishop of Canterbury (Dr Coggan) that there could be no reconciliation between the churches whilst Anglicans considered ordaining women to the priesthood.  Considerations, committees, synods, denials and even promises continued for
the next 24 years until in March 1994 in Bristol Cathedral, Bishop Barry Rogerson ordained 32 women to the priesthood.  It was a momentous day and many banner bearing protesters (the Press too, acting as if they cared!) surounded the Cathedral to denounce the Bishop and all he stood for.  Bishop Barry warned that in his opinion it would be 10 years before the first of these women or any following them made it to senior status in the church.  Well!  not 10 years but 18 years have passed by and the status of the female priests is largely the same, few have made it to Archdeacon but none to Bishop and the war still rages on.   One of the most respected leader of another faith - His Holiness the DalaiLama weighed in recently by stating that he hoped the next DalaiLama, the leader of 500 million Buddhists throughout the free world and over 1 billion  in the People's Republic of China (who are not officially allowed to declare their allegience to any faith) plus 1 million+ in Asia who commonly adhere to more than one religion of which Buddhism plays a major part........he actually said that he hoped a woman would be his successor as DL.  How could he?  We have had over 2000 years of arguments over the rights of females in a world of which females are half of the population.  Sort it out your Holiness and then announce your decision to the world
please no committees we beg you.