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Pope Invites Continued Dialogue in Message to New Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally
3+ week, 2+ day ago (664+ words) Mullally's installation as archbishop of Canterbury took place on March 25. Pope Leo XIV expressed the desire to continue dialogue with the Church of England in a message to Sarah Mullally on the occasion of her installation as archbishop of Canterbury....
First Woman Archbishop of Canterbury to Lead Church of England
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (592+ words) Archbishop-designate will be spiritual shepherd of 85 million. Anglican Bishop of London Sarah Mullally will become the first woman archbishop of Canterbury after her nomination was approved by King Charles III. Archbishop-designate Mullally will be installed as the Church of England's highest-ranking…...
Vatican Affirms Future of Anglican Ordinariates: "A Precious Gift and a Treasure to Be Shared
2+ week, 5+ day ago (892+ words) Bishop Steven Lopes welcomed a Vatican document as a significant encouragement, calling it "an exhortation to live this patrimony in all of its richness." The Vatican has reaffirmed its support for the Anglican ordinariates, confirming that these communities have a…...
Former Head of Influential Anglican Seminary Received Into Catholic Church
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1038+ words) Subscribe for just $1. 25 per issue! Robin Ward, a patristics scholar who formed generations of clergy at St. Stephen's House in Oxford, says he now "rejoices without regret or hesitation' in the Catholic Church. OXFORD, England " An Anglican canon who until…...
Making Reparation in England's Lost Catholic Churches
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (1060+ words) Members of the Society of St. Justin Martyr are reclaiming England's Catholic history through prayer. The Society of St. Justin Martyr has a simple yet profound three-fold spiritual purpose: to pray in pre-Reformation former places of Catholic worship as an…...
Christ, Christmas and the Culture War: Tommy Robinson's Carol Service Stirs British Christians
4+ mon, 2+ day ago (1304+ words) The four-hour service on Saturday afternoon took place in the heart of London. LONDON " Christ must be put back into Christmas, and Britain needs to return to her Christian roots and values if the country is to survive. This was…...
New Kent Pilgrimage Routes Help Revive the Catholic England of Chaucer
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (1313+ words) CANTERBURY, England " "From every shire's end Of England they to Canterbury wend, The holy blessed martyr there to seek Who helped them when they lay so ill and weak." When Geoffrey Chaucer wrote these lines in his famous 14th-century foundational…...
One-Third of Recent Catholic Priests in England Are Anglican Converts, Report Shows
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (676+ words) A new report reveals that significant numbers of Anglican clergy have converted to Catholicism in the United Kingdom since 1992. Speaking to CNA, co-author Stephen Bullivant, professor of theology and the sociology of religion at St. Mary's Catholic University, London, said…...
Cardinal M'ller Calls for Overcoming Ideological Divisions in the Church
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (710+ words) The prelate also addressed the issue of canonical processes stemming from accusations of sexual abuse and their exploitation both within and outside the Church. Cardinal Gerhard M'ller, prefect emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, called for…...
New Bishop Announced for Plymouth, England, After Long Vacancy
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (758+ words) Pope Leo XIV has named Bishop Nicholas Hudson, an auxiliary bishop of Westminster, as the next bishop of Plymouth, England. The news comes after the installation of a bishop in the Diocese of Plymouth was twice deferred last year. Canon…...