Posted on 06/22/2023 6:50:17 PM PDT by marshmallow
Bishop Pain said that he decided to become a Catholic when reflecting on his future following his retirement
A sixth former Anglican bishop has announced his decision to become a Catholic in just the last four years.
Bishop Richard Pain, who retired as bishop of Monmouth in 2019, is the first Anglican bishop from Wales to join the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham.
He will be received into the full communion at the church of St. Basil and St. Gwladys, Rogerstone Newport, Wales, on July 2, by Msgr. Keith Newton, the leader of the Ordinariate.
Msgr. Newton said: "We are delighted that after much prayer Richard has asked to be received into the full communion of the Catholic Church."
"Richard has a long and distinguished ministry in the Church in Wales," he said in a June 12 statement posted on the website of the Bishops' Conference of England and Wales. "He has many gifts which he will continue to use to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ to the people of Wales."
Bishop Pain said in a June 12 statement that he decided to become a Catholic when reflecting on his future following his retirement.
"The process of discernment continues throughout life and is constantly shaped by context but more importantly by the whisper of God’s voice," he said.
"The Benedictine understanding of obedience -- hearing the Lord -- has been significant to my personal formation," he continued. "The call to conversion which follows has led me to becoming a convert to the Catholic church through the Ordinariate."
He added: "I have much to be grateful for the experience gained over a lifetime as an Anglican. Yet the call to Catholicism seems natural and spiritual at the same time. To start afresh will be a welcome challenge and......
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Anglican - Catholic. Catholic - Anglican.
Six of one. Half a dozen of the other.
Yeah, it’s all well and good now, but when King Charles tries for that male heir, all hell will break loose...
Seemed pretty darned important to Chesterton. . .
(Are you privy to something he wasn't?)
He already has an heir and a spare
Apparently married with 2 living children.
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