Michael Coren becomes an Anglican?

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I thought I would share the sad news since Michael Coren has been an outspoken Catholic in Canada and has appeared as a guest on Catholic Answers on at least one occasion.

No proper news item as of yet (which is why this needs to be in the Popular Media section) but there are a few blogs picking up on the topic:

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With the original source here
 
MacBP said:
I thought I would share the sad news since Michael Coren has been an outspoken Catholic in Canada and has appeared as a guest on Catholic Answers on at least one occasion.

No proper news item as of yet (which is why this needs to be in the Popular Media section) but there are a few blogs picking up on the topic:

Here
Here
Here
With the original source here
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Well, I didn’t know Michael but if the wikipedia article is true (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Coren , section Religious views) he looks a little fickle and confused in his beliefs. Perhaps soon he’ll become atheist or who knows, again catholic (but this probably only for two years )
 
I can’t imagine leaving the church on a political issue and never receiving the
Body and Blood of our Lord.

I will begin to pray for him for his repentance.
What do I do with these signed books of his now?
They are going into the bottom shelf of my Catholic Library for now.

So sad.
 
As far as I know, Mr. Coren is still scheduled to appear on EWTN’s The World Over this coming Thursday.
 
marlap2 said:
I can’t imagine leaving the church on a political issue and never receiving the
Body and Blood of our Lord.

I will begin to pray for him for his repentance.
What do I do with these signed books of his now?
They are going into the bottom shelf of my Catholic Library for now.

So sad.
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That’s a good point. It’s really difficult to see what might have motivated his decision to convert given recent books and overall political outlook. The ACoC is a liberal branch within the increasingly liberal Anglican communion. Why, for example, is he comfortable going to a communion with women priests when he has written rather strongly about why it is an impossibility? How will his public pro-life views mesh with his new communion, which essentially has nothing of substance to say on the issue of abortion. The list could continue for quite some time.

The question, I think, is whether he decided to become an Anglican because he believes that Anglicanism resides in the fullness of truth or whether he didn’t want to remain a Catholic for one reason or another. But until he becomes more forthcoming about his reasons for converting it is useless to speculate.
 
He seems to be confirming it on Twitter:

twitter.com/michaelcoren/status/593059452456173568

Although as you can see, he still calls himself a Catholic, just one who worships at an Anglican church 🤷 As has been pointed out, it appears he’s actually been received into the church, so I’m not sure what the logic is that he’s somehow still Catholic in name.

Also as has been noted in the replies, he is now okay with women’s ordination, even though he argued against it in some of his books.

Anyway, I have to say, I’ve seen this coming for a long time. Some of his Twitter posts in the past few months have been very odd, veiled criticisms of Church teaching without actually coming out and criticising it.

I guess all we can do is pray for him. :highprayer:

Also, I now own a book called “Why Catholics are Right” written by someone who apparently thinks Catholics are wrong. So…yeah, that’s kind of funny.
 
sugarmouse said:
Also, I now own a book called “Why Catholics are Right” written by someone who apparently thinks Catholics are wrong. So…yeah, that’s kind of funny.
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Same here! :rotfl:

While I’ve enjoyed his books, I have found his manner on television appearances to be off-putting. But then, attention seeking behaviour that disregards consistency has always rubbed me the wrong way.
 
I have never heard of Michael Coren before or seen any books written by him.
 
He’s more well known in Canada. Truthfully, I’d be hard pressed to think of another Catholic voice in the public sphere. He was well known for his blunt style, unapologetic defense of Catholic orthodoxy (at least in the past year or so) and his conservative views. I didn’t always agree with him — in particularly I took exception to his views on Islam — but as a Canadian it was nice to see a public Catholic.
 
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He’s more well known in Canada. Truthfully, I’d be hard pressed to think of another Catholic voice in the public sphere. He was well known for his blunt style, unapologetic defense of Catholic orthodoxy (at least in the past year or so) and his conservative views. I didn’t always agree with him — in particularly I took exception to his views on Islam — but as a Canadian it was nice to see a public Catholic.
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I wonder why the sudden change?
 
That’s a good question. We don’t know. He hasn’t been completely forthcoming with reason for the change. Based on some research I do have a hypothesis. About a year ago, Mr. Coren had a change of heart visa vie same-sex marriage. While condemning the persecution of homosexuals in Russia and Africa, Mr. Coren says he received a lot of push back from the conservative Christian community. The lack of charity he experienced may have convinced him that Christian few on homosexuality was animated by hatred; consequently, he seems to have done an about face on the issue. This, in turn, lead to a greater push back among conservative Catholic/Christians which resulted in a greater feeling of alienation. Hence, he decides to worship in the Anglican Church of Canada where he could worship without constant judgement and criticism. Hence he still considers himself a Catholic but chooses to worship with the ACoC.

If that’s true, it does highlight a need to engage the culture with charity. I know that one of the aspects of contemporary feminism and liberalism that have turned me off is the way they talk about and refer to their political enemies. I can’t fault someone for doing the same.
 
MacBP said:
That’s a good question. We don’t know. He hasn’t been completely forthcoming with reason for the change. Based on some research I do have a hypothesis. About a year ago, Mr. Coren had a change of heart visa vie same-sex marriage. While condemning the persecution of homosexuals in Russia and Africa, Mr. Coren says he received a lot of push back from the conservative Christian community. The lack of charity he experienced may have convinced him that Christian few on homosexuality was animated by hatred; consequently, he seems to have done an about face on the issue. This, in turn, lead to a greater push back among conservative Catholic/Christians which resulted in a greater feeling of alienation. Hence, he decides to worship in the Anglican Church of Canada where he could worship without constant judgement and criticism. Hence he still considers himself a Catholic but chooses to worship with the ACoC.

If that’s true, it does highlight a need to engage the culture with charity. I know that one of the aspects of contemporary feminism and liberalism that have turned me off is the way they talk about and refer to their political enemies. I can’t fault someone for doing the same.
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Thanks for your reply.
 
Mr. Coren did not appear in yesterday’s edition of The World Over. Perhaps he backed out.
 
MacBP said:
That’s a good question. We don’t know. He hasn’t been completely forthcoming with reason for the change. Based on some research I do have a hypothesis. About a year ago, Mr. Coren had a change of heart visa vie same-sex marriage. While condemning the persecution of homosexuals in Russia and Africa, Mr. Coren says he received a lot of push back from the conservative Christian community. The lack of charity he experienced may have convinced him that Christian few on homosexuality was animated by hatred; consequently, he seems to have done an about face on the issue. This, in turn, lead to a greater push back among conservative Catholic/Christians which resulted in a greater feeling of alienation. Hence, he decides to worship in the Anglican Church of Canada where he could worship without constant judgement and criticism. Hence he still considers himself a Catholic but chooses to worship with the ACoC.

If that’s true, it does highlight a need to engage the culture with charity. I know that one of the aspects of contemporary feminism and liberalism that have turned me off is the way they talk about and refer to their political enemies. I can’t fault someone for doing the same.
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He seems confused. 🤷
 
I wonder what Mr. Coren has to say about John Corapi in this day and age. sigh
 
DaddyGirl said:
He did not back out.
He was scheduled to discuss the topic of “persecuted Christians” on the show but because he is now Anglican (or as he describes, “Anglo-Catholic”) the producers cancelled his appearance.
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How do you know this, DaddyGirl? BTW, being a Catholic is not a prerequisite for being interviewed by Raymond Arroyo for The World Over.
 
MacBP said:
I thought I would share the sad news since Michael Coren has been an outspoken Catholic in Canada and has appeared as a guest on Catholic Answers on at least one occasion.

No proper news item as of yet (which is why this needs to be in the Popular Media section) but there are a few blogs picking up on the topic:

Here
Here
Here
With the original source here
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I always liked what Coren said but, somehow, it seemed rote. Almost as if he knew the sound bite to inject but wasn’t quite 100% on board with the idea. It would be a real shame if the whole Catholic episode was bogus to create a persona or “shtick” for TV.

From a purely mercenary view, I think it would be almost impossible for a Canadian TV personality to be on the air and hold negative opinions or religious views about same-sex anything. In Canada if you don’t toe the line you can get arrested. In fact, the proper approach is to long to be same sex attracted if you’re not and to let 'er rip if you are. It’s really amazing. A formerly free country that isn’t anymore. And Coren does need the audience for media, books, TV, speaking, etc.
 
DaddyGirl said:
This article is so mean-spirited and it makes no sense!

He didn’t “announce his loyalty to the gay agenda” or a “pro-sodomy” movement.

What is this writer thinking?

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Did I miss something? I skimmed through the article again but didn’t find anything about ‘loyalty to the gay agenda or a pro-sodomy movement.’
 
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