[On the Apostolic Constitution welcoming Anglicans who want to join Rome]
I think should be judged quite simply as what it is ”“ a generous response by the Holy Father to these groups of Anglicans who’ve been knocking at the door, particularly of the Holy Office, over these past years. Someone said to me “this is poaching”! That’s certainly not the intention at all. If these priests and lay people really want to become Catholics, then let’s have them, particularly if they’ve got a lot of lay people with them. Something like this is obviously going to be easier than receiving them one by one.
They’re attracted by being in communion with the Pope. Because they are anti the ordination of women to bishoprics, all right, that’s possible. But, deep down, it’s not just that. It’s the question: where is the authority that holds together the Church of Christ?
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Cardinal Cormac Murphy O-Connor Talks to Andrew Brown
[On the Apostolic Constitution welcoming Anglicans who want to join Rome]
I think should be judged quite simply as what it is ”“ a generous response by the Holy Father to these groups of Anglicans who’ve been knocking at the door, particularly of the Holy Office, over these past years. Someone said to me “this is poaching”! That’s certainly not the intention at all. If these priests and lay people really want to become Catholics, then let’s have them, particularly if they’ve got a lot of lay people with them. Something like this is obviously going to be easier than receiving them one by one.
They’re attracted by being in communion with the Pope. Because they are anti the ordination of women to bishoprics, all right, that’s possible. But, deep down, it’s not just that. It’s the question: where is the authority that holds together the Church of Christ?
Read it all.