Catholic hope for US traditionalists: CEN 7.17.08

Catholic hope for US traditionalists: CEN 7.17.08 July 17, 2008

Posted by geoconger in Church of England Newspaper, Lambeth 2008, Roman Catholic Church, Women Priests.
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Traditionalist Anglicans in the US may be welcomed as a group into the Catholic Church, rather than being received as individuals under plans announced by the Archbishop of Newark on July 11.

“We are working on expanding the mandate of the Pastoral Provision to include those clergy and faithful of ‘continuing Anglican communities’,” Archbishop Richard J Myers said in San Antonio, Texas at a conference for “Anglican Use” parishes of the Roman Catholic Church.

Anglo-Catholic bishops attending the Lambeth Conference confirmed to ReligiousIntelligence.com that discussions were underway with the Vatican over their reception into the Roman Catholic Church, and were hopeful a way could be found for them to go over to Rome with their dioceses.

Read it all in The Church of England Newspaper.