To: freedumb2003
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".
3 posted on
02/22/2010 9:30:27 AM PST by
marshmallow
("A country which kills its own children has no future" -Mother Teresa of Calcutta)
To: marshmallow
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?
4 posted on
02/22/2010 9:42:17 AM PST by
freedumb2003
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