The co-leader of the Anglican Church in New Zealand says the church will never reverse its policy on ordaining women.
The Pope made an offer to conservative Anglicans this year, for them to convert to the Catholic faith.
He was appealing to Anglicans disenchanted with the ordination of women and gay men.
Archbishop David Moxon says if conservative Anglicans are distressed by women being ordained and want to leave because of it, they should do.
He says the Anglican church will never back down from the ordination of women, because it is of huge value and makes a magnificent contribution across the board.
Climate change major issue
Bishop Moxon says climate change will be the biggest issue for the church in 2010.
During the Copenhagen climate change summit earlier this month, churches throughout the world rang their bells 350 times to match the 350 parts per million some nations say is the maximum safe concentration for carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
Bishop Moxon says church bells rang all over New Zealand and Anglican friars and nuns attended Copenhagen lobbying hard for what he calls the sanctity of the Earth.
