[Oe List ...] FW: An article from www.newsobserver.com

[Herman Greene]

Some cogent thoughts on the Pope's recent move.

 

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From: Herman Greene [mailto:hfgreene at mindspring.com] 
Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2009 10:01 PM
To: hfgreene at mindspring.com
Subject: An article from www.newsobserver.com

 

Herman Greene has sent you the following story:


 
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Posted on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009

 

The pope and the Anglicans

By DAVID C. STEINMETZ 

 

In a stunning move that took both Roman Catholics and Anglicans by surprise,
Pope Benedict XVI issued an Apostolic Constitution that made it much easier
for Anglican traditionalists, particularly of an Anglo-Catholic disposition,
to convert to the Roman Catholic Church. 

Some Anglicans, including some members of the American Episcopal Church,
have been unhappy with the decision of various Anglican churches to ordain
women and gays and to bless same-sex unions. Many of the unhappy Anglicans
have already left their home churches to join dissident Anglican groups,
while others have stayed uneasily inside, hoping for some protected space
for their dissent.

The offer of hospitality from the Vatican may be an answer to the prayers of
some, though by no means all, Anglicans.

 

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