The Vatican announcement had come as no surprise, said Prebendary David Houlding, a member of the General Synod’s Catholic Group, on Wednesday.
It did not mean that all Anglo-Catholics had to jump on the bandÂwagon and suddenly disappear. “But they’re very excited about it, and we know there won’t be another offer as generous as this on the table,” he said. He said that the offer placed “an even greater obligation on the revision comÂmittee on women bishops to get the provision right. Far from not having to bother about it, we have to bother about it even more.”
Forward in Faith issued a stateÂment on behalf of the Bishop of Ebbsfleet, the Rt Revd Andrew BurnÂham, and the Bishop of Richborough, the Rt Revd Keith Newton, in which they “warmly welcomed” the news. They said that they had chosen 22 February, the feast of the Chair of Peter, as a day when priests and people could decide if they wanted to explore the Pope’s initiative futher.
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Church Times: Traditionalists "warmly welcome" Vatican move
The Vatican announcement had come as no surprise, said Prebendary David Houlding, a member of the General Synod’s Catholic Group, on Wednesday.
It did not mean that all Anglo-Catholics had to jump on the bandÂwagon and suddenly disappear. “But they’re very excited about it, and we know there won’t be another offer as generous as this on the table,” he said. He said that the offer placed “an even greater obligation on the revision comÂmittee on women bishops to get the provision right. Far from not having to bother about it, we have to bother about it even more.”
Forward in Faith issued a stateÂment on behalf of the Bishop of Ebbsfleet, the Rt Revd Andrew BurnÂham, and the Bishop of Richborough, the Rt Revd Keith Newton, in which they “warmly welcomed” the news. They said that they had chosen 22 February, the feast of the Chair of Peter, as a day when priests and people could decide if they wanted to explore the Pope’s initiative futher.
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