Church Of England Names First Female Archbishop Of Canterbury

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:02):
The Church of England has named Sarah Malaley, a former
Canson nurse and Bishop of London, as the next Archbishop
of Canterbury, marking the first time a woman holds the
position in the history of the Church of England in
the global Anglican Communion, her leadership will be challenged by
internal divides within the Anglican Communion over liberal and conservative

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viewpoints on various social issues. Her appointment, approved by King
Charles three and welcomed by many in Britain, has drawn
criticism from conservative Anglican churches in Africa and the Church
of England's own evangelical wing, who have questioned her stance
on issues such as same sex relationships. While the appointment

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was welcomed by many religious leaders in Britain, Laron Bander,
Archbishop of Ruanda and chairman of a global grouping of
conservative Anglican churches, told Reuters that Malali would not unite
the communion. A bishop in Nigeria said the choice was
very dangerous because wins women should follow men. The Church
of England's evangelical wing also called for a hault to

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what it called a drift away from scripture. Bishop of
London since twenty eighteen. Malally has previously championed blessings for
same sex couples, a major source of contention in the
global Anglican Communion. Homosexuality is outlawed in some African countries.
In an address in Canterbury Cathedral on Friday, she said

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she would seek to help every ministry to flourish, whatever
our tradition on same sex relationships. She told Reuters in
an interview that the Church of England in the broader
Anglican Communion had long wrestled with difficult issues. It may
not be resolved quickly, she added. Malily said she wanted
the church to tackle the misuse of power aft to

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sexual abuse, scandals and safeguarding issues, and she condemned rising
antisemitism following an attack on a synagogue in Manchester on
Thursday which killed two men. The Church of inv England,
which broke away from Roman Catholicism in the sixteenth century,
has allowed women to be ordained as priests for more
than thirty years and to become bishops for more than

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a decade. Those reforms have been rejected by men at
churches in Africa and Asia which fall under the Anglican Communion.
And consider the Archbishop of Canterbury as their ceremonial head,
but set their own rules. Christ is the head of
the church, Man is the head of the family, and
from creation God has never handed over the position of

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leadership to women. Nigeria's funkturo God rules, Victor Amber, Bishop
of Northern Gnuisen, told Reuters in Abuja. Malaloi's installation is
set for early twenty and twenty six, at which point
she will succeed Justin Wellby