Saturday, January 15, 2011

Former Anglican Bishops Are Ordained Catholics; Used Pope's Ruling Easing Anglicans to Convert

The Associated Press website reports that three former Anglican bishops were ordained as Catholic priests in London today (January 15, 2011), thus becoming the first ex-bishops to take advantage of a new Vatican system designed to make it easier for Anglicans to embrace Roman Catholicism.

The crowded ceremony at Westminster Cathedral made priests of former bishops Keith Newton, Andrew Burnham, and John Broadhurst -- Anglicans who had been unhappy with the direction the Anglican Church has taken in recent years.

The three declined to comment after the ordination presided over by the Most Rev. Vincent Nichols, Catholic leader in England and Wales.

The ceremony was made possible by a 2009 ruling by the Vatican, which allows Anglicans worldwide to join the Roman Catholic Church and still adhere to many Anglican traditions.

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