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…