Roman Catholic church to receive Anglicans

From The Guardian (UK):

Pope Benedict approves decree setting up new worldwide institution to
receive Anglican communities

More than half a million Anglicans are set to join the Roman Catholic
church following an announcement from the Vatican today that Pope
Benedict XVI had approved a decree setting up a new worldwide
institution to receive them.

It will be the first time since the Reformation in the 16th century
that entire communities of Protestants have reunited with Rome. The
first group to take advantage of the new rules is expected to be the
Traditional Anglican Community (TAC), which separated from the rest of
the Anglican community in 1991 and has more than 500,000 members
worldwide.

Reflecting the importance of Rome's initiative, the pope set out the
new arrangements in a so-called apostolic constitution, the highest
form of pontifical decree.

Benedict's chief theological adviser, the US cardinal William Levada,
said the decree had been drawn up "to respond to the numerous requests
that have been submitted to the Holy See by groups of Anglican clerics
and believers from various parts of the world who wish to enter into
full and visible communion" with Rome.

He said that, under the new arrangements, Anglican communities that
joined the Catholic church would be able to keep their own liturgy
while remaining outside the existing dioceses. Their pastoral care
would be entrusted instead to their own senior prelates, who would not
necessarily become Catholic bishops. This is a way around the problem
that in the Catholic church, as in the Orthodox churches, married men
are not allowed to become bishops.