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Mimi
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This is very disheartening:
blogs.telegraph.co.uk/ukcorrespondents/holysmoke/may2008/anglicanshesitateonpathtorome.htm
Anglicans Hesitate on Path to Rome
May 9, 2008
At least one Church of England “flying bishop” is ready to convert to Catholicism, and so are thousands of Anglicans. What is stopping them? According to a highly placed source, they simply cannot face the hostility of the current bishops of England and Wales.
There is tremendous enthusiasm for Pope Benedict among Anglo-Catholics, who love his theological emphasis on beauty in the liturgy. He, in turn, is anxious to welcome them into the Roman fold.
Not so the current bishops of England and Wales, who are almost uniformly liberal. In the early 1990s, the bishops forced Basil Hume to place as many obstacles as possible in the path of Catholic-minded Anglicans wanting to convert together. For many observers (including me) that was a profoundly disillusioning moment.
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blogs.telegraph.co.uk/ukcorrespondents/holysmoke/may2008/anglicanshesitateonpathtorome.htm
Anglicans Hesitate on Path to Rome
May 9, 2008
At least one Church of England “flying bishop” is ready to convert to Catholicism, and so are thousands of Anglicans. What is stopping them? According to a highly placed source, they simply cannot face the hostility of the current bishops of England and Wales.
There is tremendous enthusiasm for Pope Benedict among Anglo-Catholics, who love his theological emphasis on beauty in the liturgy. He, in turn, is anxious to welcome them into the Roman fold.
Not so the current bishops of England and Wales, who are almost uniformly liberal. In the early 1990s, the bishops forced Basil Hume to place as many obstacles as possible in the path of Catholic-minded Anglicans wanting to convert together. For many observers (including me) that was a profoundly disillusioning moment.
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