Articles Comments

CLINTON LINDSAY » Entries tagged with "Queen Elizabeth"

JAMAICAN-BORN CHAPLAIN TIPPED TO BECOME CHURCH OF ENGLAND’S FIRST FEMALE BISHOP!

   Bishop Rose Hudson-Wilkin— (PHOTO: AFP) LONDON, (AFP) — The Church of England could be set to allow its first female bishops — and not before time, says one of those tipped for the job, adding the days of women being left to arrange the flowers are gone. Rose Hudson-Wilkin thinks it would be “seismic” if the Church votes on Monday to allow Anglican women to take the top jobs after decades of debate on their role. As a chaplain to Queen Elizabeth II and the Speaker of the House of Commons, Jamaican-born Hudson-Wilkin is already one of the most prominent women in the Church of England. But she is a passionate advocate of a woman’s right to break through the “stained glass ceiling”, 20 years after the first ordinations of female vicars. “It will be a big … Read entire article »

Filed under: GUEST RUNDOWNS