Friday, November 19, 2010

Anglican Head Has No Ill Feeling as Bishops 'Jump Ship' to Catholic Church


From Christian Post-

The Archbishop of Cantebury, Dr. Rowan Williams, said that supplying priests to churches would be among the "practical challenges" before the Church of England as Anglican bishops and priests defect for Rome.

Williams, the spiritual leader of the global Anglican Communion, is in Rome where he attended the 50th anniversary of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity on Wednesday.

In an interview with Vatican Radio, Williams responded to the departure of five Anglican bishops who plan to join the new ordinariate to be established under the Roman Catholic Church for disaffected Anglicans seeking full communion with the Catholic Church.

He said there was no "ill feeling" between him and the five bishops who left over the ordination of women.

“Obviously my reactions to the resignations is one of regret but respect. I know the considerations they’ve been through, particularly the two who were my suffragans," Williams told the radio.

"We’ve talked about it, we’ve worked through it and parted with prayers and blessings so there’s no ill feeling there."

More here-

http://www.christianpost.com/article/20101118/anglican-head-has-no-ill-feeling-as-bishops-jump-ship-to-catholic-church/

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