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Vatican opens arms to Anglicans wishing to join Catholic Church

Posted by Trish Donovan on 10/20/09 • Categorized as Religion

Pope Benedict XVI announced today that there will be room for Anglicans within the Catholic Church.

Due to a recent high volume of Anglicans requests to be part of the Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI says that they will still be able to keep Anglican rites but will be able to call the Pope their leader.

CNN reports that many of the requests to join the Catholic Church have come after women and openly homosexual partnerships have been welcomed within the Anglican Church.

Numerous people across the United States respond to the news:

  1. D. W. Tucker
    Tuckertown (Colorado) New Vatican plan lets Anglicans convert. Pope welcomes disgruntled anti-gay Episcopals}}Glad they are leaving. More wine for the rest of us. 20 Oct 2009 from Seesmic
  2. Alberto Conti
    albertoconti (Maryland) Can it get more pathetic that this? “The Vatican said it has worked out a way for dissatisfied Anglicans to join the Catholic Church” 20 Oct 2009 from TweetDeck
  3. Alan Smithee
    Wrygrin (Undisclosed) Catholic Church welcomes Anglicans dissatisfied with their faith. Sort of like offering trigonometry to those dissatisfied with math. 20 Oct 2009 from web
  4. Elle (b*babbler)
    BlitheBabbler (Ontario, Canada) Anglicans allowed to join Catholic church while retaining rites. Wow… I really have no words right now. Very confused. 20 Oct 2009 from web
  5. Lydia King
    LydKing (Washington, D.C.) @theonion Can you PLEASE do a story about the catholic church opening its doors to Anglicans, but not the gay community? 20 Oct 2009 from web
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  • Elle
    As an Anglican I have no desire to join the catholic church, b/c of fundamental differences in our belief systems. But I'm still glad that someone is standing behind us as being right on these issues of the authority of scripture and the diety of Christ. (Yes, that's what the split is REALLY about.)
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