Pope defends invitation to Anglicans to convert

By NICOLE WINFIELD
The Associated Press
Friday, January 15, 2010

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI defended his decision to invite disaffected Anglicans to join the Catholic Church en masse, saying Friday it was the "ultimate aim" of ecumenism.

Benedict told members of the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith that the invitation wasn't an attack on the church's reunification efforts with other Christians but was rather designed to help them by bringing about "full and visible communion." the rest