Anglicans want to go Catholic
AFPMarch 22, 2010 4:04 PM
The Anglican Catholic Church of Canada, a member of the Traditional Anglican Community, asked the Vatican to join the Roman Catholic Church, religious news agency Zenit said yesterday.
"We respectfully demand that the Apostolic Constitution be implemented in Canada," said the letter from Anglican bishops Peter Wilkinson, Craig Botterill and Carl Reid to Cardinal William Levada, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine on Faith.
In late 2009, the Roman Catholic Church unveiled a new juridical framework that made it easier for Anglicans unhappy with the Church of England's ordination of female and homosexual clergy to join Catholic ranks.
The move came in response to "repeated and insistent" petitions from Anglicans to join the Church, the Vatican said in a statement in November.
The Anglican Communion split from Catholicism in the 16th century when Pope Clement VII refused to grant King Henry VIII a divorce.
Source: http://www.montrealgazette.com/life/Anglicans+want+Catholic/2712801/story.html#ixzz0iweHOvZm
AFPMarch 22, 2010 4:04 PM
The Anglican Catholic Church of Canada, a member of the Traditional Anglican Community, asked the Vatican to join the Roman Catholic Church, religious news agency Zenit said yesterday.
"We respectfully demand that the Apostolic Constitution be implemented in Canada," said the letter from Anglican bishops Peter Wilkinson, Craig Botterill and Carl Reid to Cardinal William Levada, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine on Faith.
In late 2009, the Roman Catholic Church unveiled a new juridical framework that made it easier for Anglicans unhappy with the Church of England's ordination of female and homosexual clergy to join Catholic ranks.
The move came in response to "repeated and insistent" petitions from Anglicans to join the Church, the Vatican said in a statement in November.
The Anglican Communion split from Catholicism in the 16th century when Pope Clement VII refused to grant King Henry VIII a divorce.
Source: http://www.montrealgazette.com/life/Anglicans+want+Catholic/2712801/story.html#ixzz0iweHOvZm
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