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To: Mershon
Fr. Somerville is merely attempting to minister to traditional Catholics in a spirit of true ecumenism. Shouldn't we be as ecumenical to traditional Catholics as we are to false ordinations of schismatic and heretical sects?

Not when your bishop says no.

Catholic priests are not celebrating Anglican Masses, at least not with episcopal approval.

Somerville is needed to celebrate Masses for his own diocese. Yet, he's running around hobknobbing with Mel Gibson and using "The Passion" as justification for his disobedience.

26 posted on 09/14/2004 9:15:36 AM PDT by sinkspur ("Can someone tell me where to find an ordained archpriest?"--Cardinal Fanfani)
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To: sinkspur

"Catholic priests are not celebrating Anglican Masses, at least not with episcopal approval."

But there are indeed some joint Episcopal/Catholic parishes in the U.S.

But essentially, you are correct. No Novus Ordo priests offer Anglican Masses. The Anglican Book of Common Prayer is really more traditional than the Novus Ordo.


38 posted on 09/14/2004 10:37:57 AM PDT by Mershon
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