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Rome Gives Details on 'Church-Within-a-Church' for Anglicans
By David Gibson - Politics DailyThe devil is in the details, as they say, and the details were released today of the Vatican's new parallel church for traditionalist Anglicans upset with their the ordination of gays and women -- a move first announced last month, as we wrote here. It looks as though you'd need a canon lawyer to understand the full text of the Apostolic Constitution, as it is called -- or Anglicanorum coetibus, if you prefer the formal Latin title -- posted at the Vatican's Web site. But the official language does make it seem more than ever as though Benedict is setting up a parallel Catholic Church, with ...
Sex and the Celibate Priest: Vatican Hedges Offer to Anglicans
By David Gibson - Politics DailyWhen the Vatican announced that it would create a special Catholic haven for traditional Anglicans who are fed up with their own church's toleration of gay priests and women bishops, it was portrayed as an offer too good to pass up: Priests and bishops, pewsitters and parishes could all migrate to Rome without leaving behind their Reformation-era traditions, rites and churches -- or even, in the case of married clergy, their wives and families. The exemption on mandatory celibacy, which has been church law in Catholicism for a thousand years, was seen as a particular attraction for married ...
The Pope's Anglican Plan: Welcome Mat or Hostile Takeover?
By David Gibson - Politics DailyIf you are going to pick a fight with anyone, it's not a bad move to choose an opponent who is already weakened. And, for good measure, make him an Anglican whose sense of Christian charity and British manners will make him reluctant to counterpunch, at least in public. From that point of view, then, Pope Benedict XVI and the Roman Curia did well by choosing Rowan Williams, the archbishop of Canterbury and leader of the 77 million-strong Anglican Communion, as the man to tweak with a provocative initiative to lure away a good chunk of Williams' flock. The plan, unveiled Tuesday at the ...
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