[marshmallow]

The Pope recently published an apostolic constitution named Anglicanorum Coetibus ("Groups of Anglicans") which allows for groups (or parishes) of Anglicans to convert to Catholicsm en masse, so to speak. They will retain their own liturgical traditions and will be under the pastoral supervision of their own bishop (as distinct from the local Catholic bishop). Hence the term "Ordinariate".

[freedumb2003]

That explains a lot — undoing quite a number of years of tradition.

I was raised and taught that Catholicism is pretty rigid (or is supposed to be) — you either is or you ain’t: Buffet style Protestantism wasn’t an option.

Doesn’t this start a drift away from that? One sanctioned in and by Rome?