... step would not affect dialogue between the two Churches, it was clear it was taken because of the growing number of Anglicans who want to leave their Church. The Vatican said the Pope had approved a document known as ... from the ranks of unmarried former Anglican priests, to oversee communities of former Anglicans who become Catholics and recognize the pope as their leader. "In this way, the ...

... divisions mounted between liberals and traditionalists within the Anglican Communion itself. The new policy allows Anglicans to convert to Catholicism but retain many of their Anglican liturgical traditions, including ... will create the equivalent of new dioceses, so-called personal ordinariates, for these former Anglicans to be headed by a former Anglican priest or bishop. Estimates on the number ...

... Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, said that the move had come in response to many requests from Anglicans around the world, clergy, laity and bishops, who objected to the growing ... civilization. "Benedict XVI is opening the door to ... traditionalist Anglicans in part because whatever else they may be, they are among the Christians least prone to end up, in the memorable phrase of ...

... conformist churches representing some 30 million Anglicans around the world to found Gafcon at a symposium in Jerusalem ... bishops, especially in the US, Canada and Australia. Gay factor Anglicans have also been struggling for unity under their spiritual head Dr ... biblical teachings, not re-bounding to the Catholic Church that Anglicans abandoned during the 16th century Reformation over theological ...

... ;s offer was an act of undisguised poaching, tapping into discontent among some Anglicans. or whether it was an act of generosity, responding to calls of help. It has also raised questions about the approach ... to say the same thing when, in an interview with Vatican Radio, he stressed that Anglicans who switch to Rome should do it because they genuinely want to become Roman Catholics, not out of ...

... Century to Chesterton and the Distributists. So the move by many "traditionalist" Anglicans back towards Rome should, I believe, be welcomed because it acknowledges that the home of true Anglicans is in ... would have left an emaciated Anglican-like church which would have left nowhere for distraught Anglicans to turn to! Not all is fine and dandy in the Catholic Church, but at least it ...