Not just Anglican Use!
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Benedict XVI has established a special structure for Anglicans who want to be in full communion with the Roman Catholic Church while preserving aspects of their Anglican spiritual and liturgical heritage, said U.S. Cardinal William J. Levada.
The cardinal, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, said a new apostolic constitution would establish "personal ordinariates" -- similar to dioceses -- to oversee the pastoral care of those who want to bring elements of their Anglican identity into the Catholic Church with them.
Anglican priests who are married will be ordained Catholic priests, although married Anglican bishops will not be able to function as Catholic bishops in keeping with the longstanding Catholic and Orthodox tradition of ordaining only unmarried clergy as bishops, Cardinal Levada said.
From Catholic News Services here: http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0904673.htm
NY Times take on story: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/21/world/europe/21pope.html?_r=1&src=twt&twt=nytimes
BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8316120.stm
The cardinal, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, said a new apostolic constitution would establish "personal ordinariates" -- similar to dioceses -- to oversee the pastoral care of those who want to bring elements of their Anglican identity into the Catholic Church with them.
Anglican priests who are married will be ordained Catholic priests, although married Anglican bishops will not be able to function as Catholic bishops in keeping with the longstanding Catholic and Orthodox tradition of ordaining only unmarried clergy as bishops, Cardinal Levada said.
From Catholic News Services here: http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0904673.htm
NY Times take on story: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/21/world/europe/21pope.html?_r=1&src=twt&twt=nytimes
BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8316120.stm