Catholic Church to welcome 50 Anglican clergy
The Catholic Church will announce this week that 50 Anglican clergy are defecting to Rome following the Church of England's moves to introduce women bishops. By Jonathan Wynne-Jones,
Religious Affairs Correspondent
13 Nov 2010
Archbishop Vincent Nichols, the head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales, will reveal on Friday the Vatican's plans to welcome the departing priests - including five bishops - who are expected to be received into the Catholic Church early in the new year.
Hundreds of Anglican churchgoers will join them in the Ordinariate - a structure introduced by Pope Benedict XVI to provide refuge for those diaffected with the Church of England.
The number of worshippers who leave the Church is predicted to double as the new arrangement finally begins to take shape. the rest
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Why would anyone want to get anywhere near the Roman Catholic Church, given the rampant child molestation in that church's clergy?
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