Vatican sees opening, creates provision

It is clear from the press reports that follow this blog post that the Vatican recognizes that the actions over the last years by pecusa, the Anglican Church in Canada and more recently the Church of England have forced many Anglicans to reassess their commitment to the Anglican Communion. We have seen tens of thousands of members depart pecusa over the past six years with the rate of departure accelerating in 2008. It is not surprising that as pecusa abandons catholic Christianity that Rome would respond by making a way for Anglicans who embrace catholic Christianity. As pecusa continues her path away from the Anglican Communion more and more Episcopalians are coming around to understanding that the way of pecusa is neither catholic, apostolic or unifying. The way of pecusa continues to be heretical, apostate and strongly disruptive to the Anglican Communion. No wonder Rome has created a way out for disenchanted Episcopalians and Anglicans from other provinces. I would hope that more Episcopalians would first consider the orthodox Anglican options in the United States, but I understand that the level of distrust of things Anglican these days may make some more comfortable in the Roman Catholic Church.