Sunday, January 02, 2011

First Anglicans are received into the Roman Catholic Church in historic service

UK: First Anglicans are received into the Roman Catholic Church in historic service
The first Anglicans have received into the Roman Catholic Church under a scheme set up by Pope Benedict XVI

By Jonathan Wynne-Jones
Religious Affairs Correspondent
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/
January 1, 2011

Priests and worshippers from around 20 Church of England parishes converted to Catholicism yesterday at a ceremony in Westminster Cathedral.

Three former bishops were among those confirmed at the service, which saw the first wave of Anglicans defecting to Rome to join the Ordinariate.

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