Tag Archives: Pope of Christian Unity

Lutheran Ordinariate coming?

Posted on 22 January 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Vatican Insider has something today about some Lutherans who are getting nervous about the Holy Father establishing an Ordinariate for Lutherans, along the lines of that which he established for Anglicans.
“A Lutheran ordinariate? That’s a bad sign”
An ordinariate for Lutherans … Continue reading →

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Is Pont. Comm “Ecclesia Dei” building a bridge to the SSPX?

Posted on 18 January 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Our friends at Rorate picked up something from Riposte Catholique (in French).  Apparently, the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei” sent a letter to the General House of the SSPX in Menzingen, Switzerland.  The letter is signed by the PCED’s Vice-President Archbishop Augustine DiNoia, OP.
A … Continue reading →

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UK Anglican Ordinariate finally gets a parish!

Posted on 24 December 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

GREAT NEWS FROM ENGLAND! From the site of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham.
I’ll add a comment, below.
Ordinariate priest appointed to South London parish
An announcement was made yesterday (Sunday) that the Parish of the Most Precious Blood, Borough, is … Continue reading →

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Community of Anglican Nuns to join the UK Ordinariate

Posted on 12 December 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Thanks to Anglicanorum coetibus, this comes today for your “Just Too Cool” file or your “Brick by Brick” file or your “Benedict XVI is the Pope of Christian Unity” file:
HISTORIC COMMUNITY OF ANGLICANS NUNS TO JOIN ORDINARIATE
A group of Anglican … Continue reading →

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2006 comments by Card. Kasper about Anglicans, women bishops, and ecumenical dialogue

Posted on 28 November 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Fr. Finigan at his fine blog, The Hermeneutic of Continuity, has a piece today about something Card. Kasper told Anglicans at Lambeth in 2006 as the then-President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.
Here is an excerpt:
It [viz. the ordination … Continue reading →

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Lutheran Ordinariate?

Posted on 30 October 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Could there be an Ordinariate for former Lutherans in a way similar to those for former Anglicans?
It is hard for me to see how. Perhaps it could be possible.
From CWN:
The president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity said … Continue reading →

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Proposal and Counter-Proposals for Pope Benedict and the SSPX

Posted on 20 July 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I was sent a link to an article in The Remnant on the SSPX situation.  The article contains the following statements:
Instead of harassing Bishop Fellay to sign a doctrinal preamble, the Vatican should require every superior, university president and ordinary … Continue reading →

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SSPX Statement: We wait for the “serious debate” which will bring ecclesiastic authorities back to Tradition

Posted on 19 July 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

At the SSPX site DICI we read the General Chapter Statement.
Bottom line: Not negative, but clarificatory.  They left the door open for more discussions under Archbp. Di Noia.
You can read the whole thing there, but here is the most interesting … Continue reading →

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REMINDER: Z-Swag – Newman’s “To be deep in history” Mug

Posted on 16 July 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Those of you who may be new readers may not know about the mug I made with a phrase of Bl. John Henry Newman: “To be deep in history is to cease to be a Protestant.”
Thinking back on the course of … Continue reading →

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WDTPRS congratulations to Fr. John Hunwicke

Posted on 30 June 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

It is the season for ordinations. I participated in one yesterday, as a matter of fact. However, the other day there was an ordination which I very much would like to have attended: Fr. John Hunwicke, a former Anglican priest, … Continue reading →

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