Anglican Communion

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Her election has also led some traditionalist churches abroad to threaten to leave the Anglican Communion.

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King Charles, as head of state, is the head of the Church of England, but the Archbishop of Canterbury is the most senior bishop and the spiritual leader of the Church and worldwide Anglican Communion.

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There is some opposition not just to a woman leading the Church, but to women becoming priests at all in the wider Anglican Communion, both in the UK and abroad.

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While they were clear that they were not breaking away from the Anglican Communion, they rejected the idea that "Anglican identity is determined necessarily through recognition by the Archbishop of Canterbury".

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He said setting up the alternative church was an "action born out of hurt, vulnerability, and a crisis of faith in his future in the Anglican Communion".

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