From Yahoo News-Few popes in the 2,000 years of the Catholic Church have done as much for the cause of Christian unity as has Benedict XVI. I hope that the next pope recognizes the importance of this mission and continues it. Both our Anglican brothers and sisters, and those in the Orthodox churches, should continue to have hope for reunification.
Pope Benedict XVI established three personal ordinariates that allow Christians with Anglican beliefs to rejoin the Catholic Church. In 2011, he created the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham to permit members of the Church of England in England and Wales to enter full communion with the Church. He followed that in early 2012 by establishing the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter to allow Anglicans in the United States and Canada the same opportunity. In June, 2012, he created the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross for Anglicans in Australia.
These actions have returned thousands of Anglican believers to the church. Dozens of deacons and priests have been ordained to serve the new parishes. In many cases, entire parishes chose to unite with Rome under one of the ordinariates. In the U.S. and Canada, 21 communities are so joined. In the United Kingdom, the count is over 50 while in Australia three communities have been reunited with Rome.
http://news.yahoo.com/next-pope-continue-benedict-xvi-000900704.html
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