Tag Archives: Anglican Communion

Bishop Edwin's Interview with InfoCatólica

A few days ago, Bruno Moreno of the Spanish-language online newspaper InfoCatólica submitted an interview request in the form of a comment on Bishop Barnes' post First Things First asking for him or another contributor from The Anglo-Catholic to share … Continue reading

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Dealing with Change

Fr. Ed Tomlinson, SSC, parish priest of St. Barnabas, Royal Tunbridge Wells, has written to commend the following piece on the necessity of coming to terms with the understandable — but inevitable — anxieties caused by the advent of the … Continue reading

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Book Review: Convinced by the Truth

Editor's Note: In the following review, Dr. Tighe shares a number of details concerning the dialogue between the Traditional Anglican Communion and various organs of the Holy See, which, for various reasons, have yet to appear anywhere online, including on … Continue reading

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Clarification on Friends of the Ordinariate (FOTO)

Deborah's recent post on the new Friends of the Ordinariate (FOTO) initiative has caused a bit of controversy in the comment box.  It was asked why this web site is restricted to members of the Church of England, the Church … Continue reading

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General Synod Declines to Recognize ACNA

The General Synod of the Church of England passed the following resolution on Wednesday by a vote of 309 to 69: That this Synod, aware of the distress cause by recent divisions within the Anglican churches of the United States … Continue reading

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An Orthodox Misstep?

On January 30 of this year the Archbishop of Canterbury (henceforth AbC) delivered the annual Fr. Alexander Schmemann Memorial Lecture at St. Vladimir's Orthodox Seminary, itself widely regarded as the "flagship seminary" of American Orthodoxy, and was awarded an honorary doctorate … Continue reading

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Ecclesiastical Sundries

Cardinal DiNardo shares his views on the Apostolic Constitution during a special parish meeting at Our Lady of Walsingham, Houston, TX. Cardinal DiNardo made no mention of the ACA/TAC (or any Continuing Anglicans) during the talk and it is unclear if … Continue reading

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The Same Tired Establishment Nonsense

I don’t like to be seen as too negative, but I think some things here and there need to be answered. We got this comment today on The Anglo-Catholic from a Church of England cleric who took our previous criticism … Continue reading

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Anglicanism, a Protestant and Reformed Confession?

Please don’t shoot the messenger! You know my pro-Rome position and my staunch backing of the Traditional Anglican Communion hierarchy in leading our movement towards union with the universal Church. I came across this article in Virtue Online. The title … Continue reading

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Is there any point to ARCIC 3 and continuing dialogue with the Anglican Communion?

One would have thought that, having promulgated the Apostolic Constitution, Pope Benedict XVI would simply have “trashed” the shipwreck of the Anglican Communion amidst shouts of glee and much smug gloating all round. In writing this article, I have allowed … Continue reading

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Cue the Fat Lady…

In an interview given to Vatican Radio on Wednesday morning, Msgr. Mark Langham, the former administrator of Westminster Cathedral and now the head man for Catholic—Anglican dialogue for the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity, revealed that the … Continue reading

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The Tired Ecumenism of the Liberals

Forecasting a bright future for Catholic – Anglican relations, John Allen, Jr. of the NCR writes: On the Catholic side, this sometimes leads to the suspicion that negotiating ecumenical agreements with Anglicans is a fruitless exercise, since there’s no way … Continue reading

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When in Rome…

On Thursday, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, delivered an address in Rome as part of a symposium put on by the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity to mark the centenary of the birth of Cardinal Willebrands, the first … Continue reading

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