19 January 2018, The Tablet

Is it time for the bishops to make a 'bonfire of their vanities'?


Is it time for the bishops to make a 'bonfire of their vanities'?
 
'Your Eminences, Your Graces, My Lords' – this is still the 'correct' way to refer to bishops and archbishops. Is it time to get rid of every last trace of all this feudal pomposity? Does it really send the right message?

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