From Christian Post-
Three bishops from the Church of England held secret talks last week with Vatican officials allegedly regarding Pope Benedict XVI's open invitation for Anglican clergy to join the Catholic Church, according to the Associated Press.
The Rt. Rev John Broadhurst, the Rt. Rev Andrew Burnham, and the Rt. Rev Keith Newton, the bishops of Fulham, Ebbsfleet and Richborough respectively, held the talks in Rome with officials from the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, although the content of the meeting was not disclosed. Netwon told AP that the trip consisted of “nothing more than exploratory talks” and that no decisions were made. Vatican officials said that they had no information about the meeting.
Last October, the Catholic Church announced that they would be making official provisions to allow Anglicans to enter into full communion with the Church while retaining parts of their liturgical heritage. The Archbishops of Westminster and Canterbury immediately embraced the announcement, calling it an ecumenical achievement of over 40 years of dialogue.
Other Anglican leaders, however, have seen the invitation, known as the Apostolic Constitution, as a breach of ecumenical protocol that comes at a particularly sensitive time in the Anglican Communion, which has seen sharp divides over issues including homosexuality and women clergy members.
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