Anglicans still left split over women bishops (Reuters)

By Paul Majendie 2 hours, 50 minutes ago LONDON (Reuters) - The Church of England's governing body confirmed on Monday it will ordain women bishops but also approved measures to accommodate traditionalist opponents. After six hours of debate over the direction to be taken by the 450-year-old church, the solution hammered out by the synod was a typical Anglican compromise that sought to avoid a mass walkout by opponents of women bishops. "The options at both extremes have been lost," a synod official told Reuters. "It is not a rejection of either." The synod, meeting in the ancient cathedral city of York in northern England, rejected proposals from traditionalists who wanted to set up a team of "super bishops" to cater for parishes who could not accept women priests. Instead it chose to opt for a national code of practice that... [read full story]