Then last August, the Vatican introduced a change in canon law that will apparently make it impossible for Catholics to defect.
At a meeting of the church's General Synod, only around 30 of the 480 people present raised their hands against the necessary change in canon law.
The next session of the General Synod, in July, is going to consider, and is expected to approve, the draft for a change in canon law that would open the episcopate to women.
At a meeting on Monday of the church's General Synod, only around 30 of the 480 people present raised their hands against the necessary change in canon law.
The Church of England was quick to point out it was unlikely that their vicars would soon be conducting midnight weddings as it would need a change in canon law, which was not within the government's power.
Tells about late changes in the new canon law.
Because the Holocaust had propelled changes in the Christian canon, the Jewish thinkers who signed "Dabru Emet" agreed it was time to note the changes and to offer a response.
Steve John Shepherd has emerged as the rumour-mill's favourite to take the role, but consider this: the fuss over Peter Capaldi's casting led it to being laid down in canon that, yes, a Timelord could change gender.
Last July, the Vatican issued changes to canon law for handling abuse, placing pedophilia in the rank of the church's gravest crimes, but drew criticism confusion when it also placed the attempted ordination of women in a similar category.
