From The Catholic Herald-
It was not the step that we were led to expect during the years of negotiation with Anglicans about corporate unity. But it is prophetic - and the prophet in question is our present Holy Father, who believes that Anglicans who already accept the Magisterium of the Church should be given freedom to worship and evangelize in communion with Rome as a matter of urgency.
A new idea of the Ordinariate is emerging. It should no longer be seen as a halfway house for disaffected Anglo-Catholics 'defecting' from the Church of England
The plans for the Ordinariate for ex-Anglicans are gathering pace. One of the last things Pope Benedict XVI said before leaving Britain, and one of the most important, was to emphasise that the Ordinariate is the next step towards Church unity.
It was not the step that we were led to expect during the years of negotiation with Anglicans about corporate unity. But it is prophetic - and the prophet in question is our present Holy Father, who believes that Anglicans who already accept the Magisterium of the Church should be given freedom to worship and evangelize in communion with Rome as a matter of urgency.
More here-
http://www.catholic.org/hf/faith/story.php?id=38548
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