The Vatican is taking historic strides towards achieving \u201cfull communion\u201d with Anglicans who do not ordain female priests. It is doing so by recognizing Anglican holy orders and churches, but not requiring them to merge with or convert to Roman Catholicism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe are scheduled to begin our talks at the Vatican this coming September 26-27,\u201d Bishop Ray Sutton, presiding bishop of the Reformed Episcopal Church in the U.S., announced in an Ecumenical Relations Task Force Report of the Anglican Church in North America<\/a> (ACNA) College of Bishops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The ACNA bishops, who oversee 128,000 Anglicans in more than 1,000 congregations across Canada, Mexico, and the United States, met during a provincial council from June 20-25 at St. Vincent\u2019s College in Latrobe, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe report reveals that Archbishop Foley Beach, who was then the primate of ACNA; Bishop Eric Menees, the chair of dialogue with the Roman Catholic Church; and Bishop Sutton flew to the Vatican for meetings at the Vatican\u2019s\u00a0Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith<\/a>\u00a0(DDF) in June 2023.\n\n\n\n Read it all<\/a>.<\/p> Rome Takes Historic Step Towards \u2018Full Communion\u2019 with Conservative Anglicanshttps:\/\/t.co\/hmvfEApmxH<\/a><\/p>— The Stream (@Streamdotorg) July 2, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote>