From Canada-
On March 12, leaders of the Traditional Anglican Communion (TAC) in Canada sent a letter to the Holy Father formally requesting to become unified with the Catholic Church. This initiative, says a leading bishop, is what he believes to be part of a “worldwide movement.”
Bishop Peter Wilkinson of the TAC Diocese of British Columbia, who authored the March 12 letter, discussed Pope Benedict XVI's publication of the Apostolic Constitution “Anglicanorum coetibus” with CNA in a phone interview on Monday. The document was released last year and addressed measures planned by the Vatican to allow Anglican communities to enter into communion with the Catholic Church.
When the Pope's document first came out, said Bishop Wilkinson, “I had Lutherans calling me saying, 'how do we get in on this?' And Orthodox (Christians) saying, 'how do we get in on this?'”
“It is a worldwide movement largely brought about by the vision of John Paul II” and “the wonderful, gentle firm, intellectual vision of Pope Benedict, who is such an inspiration to us,” noted the Anglican bishop.
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http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/canadian_anglican_church_move_toward_rome_part_of_worldwide_movement_says_bishop/
1 comment:
Let us be clear, this is not The Anglican Church of Canada, the sister Church in Anglicanism of The Episcopal Church. TAC is NOT in communion with Canterbury.
TAC is a splinter group, like ACNA, that is not related to the Anglican Communion. It uses the title "Anglican" just as the Anglican Diocese of Pttsburgh, but is not related to the Anglican Communion.
Lee
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