... the eleventh Anniversary of Anglicanorum coetibus, the first successful initiative in the field of Christian Unity since, I think, some Eastern Rite Christians in India entered into Full Communion with the See of S Peter in the 1930s. (Orthodox may, of course, see things differently!) Or have I forgotten somebody ...
God bless our former Holy Father Joseph Ratzinger; and I ask your prayers for the Three Ordinariates. And for all who are in the process of joining them
And those who are contemplating doing so.
I shall wrie a little more about the Anglican Patrimony on November 9, dies obitus of John Richards, First Bishop of Ebbsfleet.
A wise and wonderful pontiff
ReplyDelete@finlayson: you could have also said: a Bavarian.
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ReplyDeleteAs a cradle Catholic, of Anglican convert parents, I have prayed the Prayer for England at almost every Benediction in my life, never thinking that “ with us in the one true fold” would ever be a reality. And now it is, thanks to God through a wonderful Pope!