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Vatican Publishes Document Reaffirming Place of Anglican Patrimony in Catholic Life - OrdinariatesThe heads of the Ordinariates established by Benedict XVI under "Anglicanorum Cœtibus" were recently received by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, and a long document of the DDF on the continuing relevance of the Anglican Patrimony for the Catholic Church was published.The document is the following:[Cathedral of the Ordinariate for North America, Houston]Characteristics of the Anglican Heritage asLived in the Ordinariates Established Underthe Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum Coetibus24 March 2026During the Plenary Meeting of the Bishop Ordinaries of the Personal Ordinariates established under the Apostolic Constitution...

Ordinariate head ‘excluded from Reformation events’ by Staff Reporter posted Tuesday, 7 Nov 2017 Mgr Keith Netwon (CNS) Mgr Keith Newton was reportedly not invited to ecumenical events commemorating the ReformationThe head of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham was snubbed from last week’s ecumenical commemorations of the Reformation, a leading Ordinariate priest has said.In a letter to the Catholic Herald, Fr Ed Tomlinson asks why Mgr Keith Newton, who serves as ordinary of the group for former Anglicans, was not invited to be “part of the numerous ‘reformation celebrations’ taking part in the ecumenical landscape this week”. Fr Tomlinson also...