Several senior Church of England figures recently attacked Pope Benedict XVI's offer to disillusioned Anglicans to convert to Catholicism, the Telegraph (British) website reports today (January 24, 2011).
One Anglican bishop has claimed that the Vatican's invitation has "embarrassed" Dr. Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, while a leading cleric compared it to a "corporate takeover bid."
It is the first time that prominent Anglicans have criticized the Pope's offer to ease the process for Anglicans to convert to Catholicism since the Pope made it in 2009, and it reveals the anger that has been simmering ever since.
The comments by the Church of England senior figures follow the ordination of three former Anglican bishops as Roman Catholic priests earlier this month, and risk exacerbating tensions between the Catholic and Anglican Churches.
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