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[English]

Well, we've just had that announcement.

It's come from Downing Street. And for

the first time in nearly 500 years of

history, the Church of England has

nominated a woman to lead it. Dame Sarah

Malali, the bishop of London. She's been

in that position already uh breaking uh

glass ceilings through her career. Uh

she's been the bishop of London since

2017. The first woman to take up that

role, the third most senior member of

clergy in the Church of England and she

will now in an enthronement ceremony

sometime in the new year will become the

new Archbishop of Canterbury. As you

rightly said, it's the first time that

women were were considered for this

role. It was only under the tenure of

the previous Archbishop of Canterbury,

Justin Welby, that women were allowed to

be bishops at all. And so it is in a

very short space of time. We've had

since the 1990s the first time when

priests uh female priests were allowed

in the Church of England. We then had

just 10 years ago the first female

bishops. Well, now we have uh the first

uh female Archbishop of Canterbury.

>> And uh Alem, she takes over at a

challenging time for the church. What

could she bring to the role?

Well, she was before she joined the

church an administrator in the NHS. She

was the youngest ever chief nursing uh

officer in uh for England in uh 1999.

And as bishop of London, she's seen as

someone who's brought uh

professionalism. She's modernized the

dasis and it's hoped that that she'll

bring that to the church as well. she

does have huge issu uh challenges ahead

of her. Primarily uh I think one of the

most urgent issues to deal with is

charting a new course in terms of the

way the church deals with safeguarding

with abuse with uh with uh treating with

compassion those who've suffered abuse.

Uh then there is the the issue of

falling numbers of people going to

church services though London the dasis

in which she's been in charge is one of

those that's uh seemed to buck the trend

somewhat in that regard and also there

are big uh theological divisions if you

like within the church particularly over

issues around for example blessings for

samesex unions. huge challenges within

the church and of course she'll be drawn

on commenting on some of the issues and

challenges there are across the country

and indeed on global issues as well

>> on global issues and many will be

welcoming the fact that a woman has

taken on this position but there'll be

some who don't believe a woman should be

head of the um of the church

>> that's right I mean quite early on in

her church career she was someone who

was put in charge of uh uh looking at at

how to make reforms uh when it comes to

safeguarding and there are those who

think that perhaps a woman in charge of

that issue might help charter a better

course but you're right I mean in the

church of England now there are those uh

even senior members of clergy in the

church who are opposed uh not just to

women becoming bishops or leading the

church but women being ordained at all.

So certainly those uh there there are

those who who feel that flies against

the the theology that they believe in.

But she's managed to work with some of

those bishops in the past. And I don't

think uh necessarily that will be an

obstacle to her forging ahead.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
church /tʃɜːrtʃ/ A1	noun - a building for public Christian worship
bishop /ˈbɪʃəp/ B2	noun - a senior clergyman responsible for a diocese in the Church of England
archbishop /ˈɑːrtʃˈbɪʃəp/ C1	noun - a senior bishop in the Church of England, particularly the Archbishop of Canterbury
woman /ˈwʊmən/ A1	noun - an adult human female
female /ˈfiːmeɪl/ A2	adjective - relating to women
nominate /ˈnɒmɪneɪt/ B1	verb - to officially choose someone for a job or position
lead /liːd/ A2	verb - to be in charge of or guide
ceremony /ˈserəməni/ B1	noun - a formal religious or public occasion
clergy /ˈklɜːrdʒi/ C1	noun - the body of people ordained for religious service
priest /priːst/ B1	noun - a person authorized to perform religious rites
administrator /ədˈmɪnɪstreɪtər/ B2	noun - a person who manages or organizes
officer /ˈɔːfɪsər/ A2	noun - a person in a position of authority
professionalism /prəˈfeʃənəlɪzəm/ C1	noun - the conduct, aims, or qualities that characterize or mark a profession
issue /ˈɪʃuː/ A2	noun - an important topic or problem for debate
abuse /əˈbjuːs/ B2	noun - wrong or improper use; maltreatment
compassion /kəmˈpæʃən/ B2	noun - sympathetic pity and concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others
trend /trend/ B1	noun - a general direction in which something is developing or changing
divisions /dɪˈvɪʒənz/ B1	noun - disagreements or sharp differences of opinion within a group
theological /ˌθiːəˈlɑːdʒɪkəl/ C1	adjective - relating to the study of the nature of God and religious belief