[On the Apostolic Constitution welcoming Anglicans who want to join Rome]<\/i><\/p>\n
I think should be judged quite simply as what it is \u201d\u201c a generous response by the Holy Father to these groups of Anglicans who\u2019ve been knocking at the door, particularly of the Holy Office, over these past years. Someone said to me \u201cthis is poaching\u201d\u009d! That\u2019s certainly not the intention at all. If these priests and lay people really want to become Catholics, then let\u2019s have them, particularly if they\u2019ve got a lot of lay people with them. Something like this is obviously going to be easier than receiving them one by one.<\/p>\n
They\u2019re attracted by being in communion with the Pope. Because they are anti the ordination of women to bishoprics, all right, that\u2019s possible. But, deep down, it\u2019s not just that. It\u2019s the question: where is the authority that holds together the Church of Christ?<\/p>\n