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4,700 to Become Catholic in England; Twenty Percent are Former Anglicans

Mar 16th, 2011 | By | Category: Unity in the News

London, England, Mar 15, 2011 / 08:57 pm (CNA).- About 900 prospective members of the new ordinariate, including 61 former Anglican clergy, prepared for their reception into the Catholic Church in England and Wales over the weekend. Read the rest of the story here.



Another Anglican Parish to Join Catholic Church

Mar 15th, 2011 | By | Category: Unity in the News

Fr Grieves said: “The majority of people want to take advantage of this. “This is growing every week. Every week we see more people coming forward.” St James the Great, in Albert Hill, Darlington, has been an Anglo-Catholic church for more than 100 years. Read the whole story here.



Catholic-Anglican Dialogue Focuses on Common Ground & Divergences

Mar 15th, 2011 | By | Category: Unity in the News

WASHINGTON—The sixty-sixth meeting of the Anglican-Roman Catholic Theological Consultation in the United States (ARC-USA) took place at the Washington Retreat House in Washington, October 26 and 27. Bishop Thomas Breidenthal of the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio and Bishop Ronald P. Herzog of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Alexandria, Louisiana, co-chaired the meeting. It marked […]



CDF to Decide on US Anglican Ordinariate

Mar 14th, 2011 | By | Category: Unity in the News

A priest of the Archdiocese of Washington has told a Pennsylvania newspaper that the decision over whether to establish a personal ordinariate of former Anglicans in the United States is now in the hands of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Read the whole story here.



600 Anglicans Prepare to Enter Church on Easter

Mar 9th, 2011 | By | Category: Unity in the News

Some 600 members of the Church of England are preparing to be received into the Catholic Church this Easter as members of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham. Read the rest of the story here.



Barth/Aquinas Conference – “An Unofficial Protestant-Catholic Dialogue” to be held in June

Mar 7th, 2011 | By | Category: Unity in the News

Thomas Aquinas and Karl Barth: An Unofficial Protestant-Catholic Dialogue • June 19-22, 2011  @ Princeton Theological Seminary Lectures: Divine Being: Robert Jenson  • Richard Schenk Trinity: Guy Mansini, OSB • Bruce McCormack Christology: Keith Johnson • Thomas Joseph White, OP Grace and Justification: Amy Marga • Joseph Wawrykow Divine and Human Action: Holly Taylor Coolman […]



Vatican Delegate Urges Anglicans to Pursue Unity With Rome

Mar 2nd, 2011 | By | Category: Unity in the News

Auxiliary Bishop Peter Elliott of Melbourne, a former Anglican who now serves as the Holy See’s delegate for the Australian ordinariate, is urging Anglo-Catholics to “lay down [their] weapons” and seek full communion with the Holy See. Read the whole story here.



Anglo-Lutherans to Enter Catholic Church

Feb 27th, 2011 | By | Category: Unity in the News

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Spanish Catholics & Anglicans Issue Joint Statement on Baptism

Feb 24th, 2011 | By | Category: Unity in the News

MADRID, Spain, FEB. 23, 2011 (Zenit.org).- Anglicans and Catholics in Spain have made official a mutual recognition of the validity of baptism in both confessions. Bishop Adolfo GonzĂĄlez Montes of Almeria, president of the Spanish Episcopal Conference’s ecumenical relations department, and Episcopal Bishop Carlos LĂłpez Lozano signed Tuesday a joint declaration on baptism. Read the […]



Mathison’s Reply to Cross and Judisch: A Largely Philosophical Critique

Feb 18th, 2011 | By | Category: Blog Posts

This is a guest post by Michael Liccione, who is well known to regular readers of Called To Communion. Michael earned his Ph.D. in philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania and his B.A. in philosophy and religion at Columbia University. He has taught at a number of institutions, including UPenn, St. Francis College, the Catholic […]