Archbishop Vincent Nichols, president of the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, has said that Anglicans joining the Catholic Church this Easter will be ”˜warmly welcomed’ and will feel entirely at home.
Speaking before a Lenten lecture at Brentwood Cathedral, the archbishop (right) said that the Catholic Church will ”˜keep open and positive our relationships with the Church of England.’
Around 900 Anglicans, including 60 clergy, are expected to join the Catholic Church at Easter and Archbishop Nichols believes that Pope Benedict XVI’s ordinariate ”˜shows us not to be afraid of diversity within the Catholic Church,’ as well as adding that we can recognise that ”˜the Catholic community has got many different faces in this country now.’
I wish every one of them godspeed, a life of devotion, transformation and joy – and a passion to bring the gospel to those in darkness. I hope they will continue to see those of us still Anglican as brothers and sisters – and that we will have that same passion to spread the gospel.
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