Daniel_Cheung
10-21-2009, 09:22 PM
Kenya: Anglican Head Rejects Pope's Offer on Priests
http://allafrica.com/stories/200910211190.html
Kenya's Anglican Church on Wednesday rejected an offer by Pope Benedict that would have seen married Anglican priests join priesthood in the Catholic Church.
The action by the Anglican clergy potentially puts it in conflict with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, who had responded to the offer through a letter copied to all provinces worldwide.
"I do not see why it is necessary at this point in history," ACK Archbishop Eliud Wabukala told the Nation....
Will Vatican lure Africa's Anglican anti-gay bishops to Catholic church?
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1021/p06s15-woaf.html
Since the Vatican launched its bold bid Tuesday to make it easier for Anglicans to join the Roman Catholic Church, the question on everyone's mind has been: How many will convert?
Will the much ballyhooed Anglican divide over the Church's moves to accept openly gay and female clerics now cause hundreds of thousands of conservative Anglicans ? mostly in Africa and parts of the US ? to flock to Catholicism? ...
Why the Vatican Wants Anglicans
http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/20/why-the-vatican-wants-anglicans/
The Vatican announced on Tuesday that it would make it easier for Anglicans who are uncomfortable with the Church of England's acceptance of women priests and openly gay bishops to join the Catholic Church. The Vatican will set up a formal conversion structure to allow Anglicans to preserve some of their liturgical traditions, including allowing married Anglican priests to remain married after they convert to Catholicism....
http://allafrica.com/stories/200910211190.html
Kenya's Anglican Church on Wednesday rejected an offer by Pope Benedict that would have seen married Anglican priests join priesthood in the Catholic Church.
The action by the Anglican clergy potentially puts it in conflict with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, who had responded to the offer through a letter copied to all provinces worldwide.
"I do not see why it is necessary at this point in history," ACK Archbishop Eliud Wabukala told the Nation....
Will Vatican lure Africa's Anglican anti-gay bishops to Catholic church?
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1021/p06s15-woaf.html
Since the Vatican launched its bold bid Tuesday to make it easier for Anglicans to join the Roman Catholic Church, the question on everyone's mind has been: How many will convert?
Will the much ballyhooed Anglican divide over the Church's moves to accept openly gay and female clerics now cause hundreds of thousands of conservative Anglicans ? mostly in Africa and parts of the US ? to flock to Catholicism? ...
Why the Vatican Wants Anglicans
http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/20/why-the-vatican-wants-anglicans/
The Vatican announced on Tuesday that it would make it easier for Anglicans who are uncomfortable with the Church of England's acceptance of women priests and openly gay bishops to join the Catholic Church. The Vatican will set up a formal conversion structure to allow Anglicans to preserve some of their liturgical traditions, including allowing married Anglican priests to remain married after they convert to Catholicism....