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    LONDON: Lord Carey 'appalled' by Pope's treatment of Dr Rowan Williams
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    The two archbishops presented the constitution as "a response by Pope Benedict XVI to a number of requests over the past few years to the Holy See from groups of Anglicans who wish to enter into full visible communion with the Roman Catholic Church" They said: "The announcement ... brings to an end a period of uncertainty for such groups who have nurtured hopes of new ways of embracing unity with the Catholic Church." Full Article at Virtue Online
    a response by Pope Benedict XVI to a number of requests over the past few years to the Holy See from groups of Anglicans who wish to enter into full visible communion with the Roman Catholic Church
    SOURCE: Virtue Online 1 month ago
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LONDON: Lord Carey 'appalled' by Pope's treatment of Dr Rowan Williams
  1. This initiatve is almost a back door ecumenical gesture. What we have seen is the failure of the final report of Arcic. Straightforward ecumenism at the theological level is going nowhere. This fresh initiative could have surprising consequences.
    SOURCE: Virtue Online 1 month ago
  2. Rome has done this cleverly because the Catholic bishops in England are liberal. The Pope has shown considerable leadership. That is what Popes do. What has surprised me is the sort of people, and number, who have said they will leave.
    SOURCE: Virtue Online 1 month ago
  3. I give it a very cautious welcome ... It is worth considering because there are a number of deeply worried, anxious Anglo-Catholics who do not believe they have a constructive future in the Church of England with the ordination of women as bishops. I was pastorally concerned for them when I was Archbish...
    SOURCE: Virtue Online 1 month ago
  4. The announcement ... brings to an end a period of uncertainty for such groups who have nurtured hopes of new ways of embracing unity with the Catholic Church.
    SOURCE: Virtue Online 1 month ago

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