Tag Archives: CDF

Understanding Groups of Anglicans: A Response to Fr. Fleming

At the outset, let me recognize Fr. Fleming’s personal contribution to the events leading up to the publication of the Apostolic Constitution. In a decade or a generation we can hope that the full story of its origins are told … Continue reading

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Groups of Anglicans, but One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church

Deborah’s post from yesterday morning and many of the comments that followed it renewed many of the concerns I have had about some of the rhetoric used to describe Anglicanorum Coetibus. The gist boils down to whether the Holy See … Continue reading

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Splintered Sunrise on +Richborough vs. +Nottingham

A few of my correspondents have privately inquired about an episode which occurred at the recent meeting of Anglo-Catholic priests with the Roman Catholic Bishop of Nottingham in Leicester.  With all of the hubbub here over the General Synod of … Continue reading

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The Pope and the Ordinariates

It is very good to welcome a Cistercian, Brother Stephen Treat, as a fellow blogger on this site.  Very good, too, that his first post concerns Anglicanorum Coetibus.  He refers to a recent interview with Bishop Farrell.  I have read that … Continue reading

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Are Lutherans Next?

Deacon Keith Fournier has an interesting report at Catholic Online about a Lutheran approach to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith for full communion with the Holy See.  My emphasis. I am in a dialogue with Archbishop Irl … Continue reading

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My Story on Archbishop Collins and Anglicans

Here's a link to a slightly truncated version of the story I filed after interviewing Archbishop Collins that is now published online in the Catholic Register.  An excerpt: OTTAWA – Toronto's Archbishop Thomas Collins is throwing out the welcome mat … Continue reading

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At Long Last…

Italian vaticanista Andrea Tornielli is reporting that, in the coming days, the Bishop of Basel, Kurt Koch, will be named President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, succeeding our favorite ecumenist, Walter Cardinal Kasper. I must admit that … Continue reading

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DMV Synod: Final Report

The third and final day of the ACA's Diocese of the Missouri Valley Synod was informative and constructive.  As he had done with the assembled clergy the day before, the bishop shared with the plenary session a report on the … Continue reading

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Anglican Use Ordinariates and Ecumenism

A paper given to Australian Anglican Roman Catholic Conversation (AUSTARC), at St Peter’s Church Eastern Hill, Melbourne March 26, 2010 ANGLICAN USE ORDINARIATES AND ECUMENISM Bishop Peter J Elliott Will establishing Anglican Use Ordinariates in Communion with Rome harm Anglican-Catholic … Continue reading

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Anglican Use Conference Special Correspondent

As both Fr. Christopher Phillips and I are unable to attend this year's Anglican Use Conference, Mr. Ralph Johnston of Our Lady of the Atonement Parish in San Antonio, TX, has graciously volunteered to serve as our special correspondent for … Continue reading

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TTAC Requests Personal Ordinariate for United Kingdom

The Traditional Anglican Church, the TAC province for England, Scotland, and Wales, and the first to signal the acceptance of the Apostolic Constitution in October 2009, has formally requested the implementation of Anglicanorum Coetibus in the United Kingdom.  This is … 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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Bishop of Fulham on Vatican Visit Leak

John Broadhurst, the Bishop of Fulham and Chairman of Forward in Faith International, has issued the following statement regarding media reports of his recent visit, with fellow PEVs, Bishop Andrew Burnham (Ebbsfleet) and Bishop Keith Newton (Richborough), to meet with … Continue reading

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An Embarrassment to the Pope? Hardly!

In his most recent post, Fr. Phillips reproduced a report from The Telegraph on last week's meeting of three of the PEVs with CDF officials in Rome to discuss the implementation of Anglicanorum Coetibus.  What stood out to me in … Continue reading

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The English Problem, Getting Solved?

Here's in interesting story in the Sunday Telegraph.  The article itself isn't all that great, but from the sound of it, it seems like good news indeed.  I wonder why none of these bishops received an invitation to speak at … Continue reading

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