We here in Rome have received many questions about the Vatican announcement on October 20 about the setting up of “Personal Ordinariates” for former Anglicans wishing to enter into full communion now with the Roman Catholic Church. Here are some answers to those questions posed by many.
It is not uncommon for people to interpret actions of General Convention differently. On the issues addressed in the two resolutions, the Church has acknowledged that it is not of one mind. However, declaring actions of General Convention to be null and void and having no effect in a diocese is contrary to our polity and our Constitution and Canons.
You’ve worked hard at your faith and always played by the rules. But lately you haven’t been happy with certain developments. Maybe you’re even on the fence about your religion. Sometimes you drive past a Catholic church and wonder, “What goes on in there?”
Does the CDF regard Anglicans who enter into full Communion with the Catholic Church as having ceased to be Anglican (and hence as having become “former Anglicans”)? If so, then what can it possibly mean to “maintain an Anglican identity when entering the Catholic Church”?
You may have noticed the story which supplanted the “balloon boy” as this week’s “holy cow!” news event: the Vatican has announced a process to receive en masse disaffected Anglicans around the world into the Roman Catholic Church…here are some of the newsteam’s reactions
This week, the Vatican announced that it would make it easier for conservative Anglicans and Episcopalians–those uncomfortable with women priests and accepting gay people–to join the Roman Catholic Church. . .Reporters, however, have missed something important . . .
While the world has been focused on the Vatican and what it is saying or not saying, the Diocese of Dallas seems to be preparing
Florida Columnist Sam Cook asks: “We separate church and state. Why not church and sports?”
In a statement to the synod, Mr Shirriff said that despite reducing bank debt from $140m to $83m last year, the diocese had stayed geared too long in growth assets, which fell in value as the global economy worsened.
From the Independent (UK): The Big Question: Why is the Catholic church offering a home to congregations of Anglicans?