An Anglican bishop has said he is prepared to convert to Roman Catholicism after the General Synod voted to allow women bishops. The traditionalist Bishop of Ebbsfleet has asked the Pope, as well as Catholic leaders in England and Wales, to help him and his parishes defect to Rome. The Right Reverend Andrew Burnham said objectors within the Church of England were feeling ‘shipwrecked’. He said: ‘We are floating in the water looking for someone to rescue us.’ A Church of England group is drawing up a code of practice to reassure critics after the Synod vote earlier this week. The Synod voted in favour of consecrating women and against safeguards demanded by traditionalists opposed to the move. Following the vote the Vatican said the result would create an ‘obstacle’ to reconciliation between Anglicans and Catholics. The Roman Catholic church does not ordain women. Writing in the Catholic Herald the bishop called for ‘magnanimous gestures from our Catholic friends, especially from the Holy Father, who well understand our longing for unity and from the hierarchy in England and Wales’. ‘Most of all we ask for ways that allow us to bring […]