Joanne Paul: evaluation

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…How is the Anglican Church doing these days? You mentioned you’re an Anglican. Do you despair? Do you think it’s fine? I am encouraged by the appointment of the latest Archbishop of Canterbury. I’m hoping that’s a very positive appointment. I’m hoping that it can pull itself out of the controversy and the difficulties and, in some ways, the tragedies of previous decades, and can think about moving forward in a positive way. Several members of my husband’s family are members of the clergy in the Church of England, and so I’m very aware of the challenges that it’s faced, but I’m hopeful. I’m certainly someone who thinks that part of the answer needs to be fully embracing women in the clergy. That churches are closing down who won’t even consider a female vicar. They’re closing down because they’re not finding clergy to look after them. They’re not allowing for not even 50 percent, probably more than that, of who’s coming in to the clergy right now to come in and look after their parish. I think that has to be part of the answer. What percent of the English population do you think believes, say, in the Trinity and the resurrection?…

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