Gloria TV News on the Feast of St. Columban. Mass Conversion Is a Real Prospect UK The Catholic Bishops of England and Wales have set up a commission to help as many as 200 Anglican congregations join …More
Gloria TV News on the Feast of St. Columban.
Mass Conversion Is a Real Prospect
UK
The Catholic Bishops of England and Wales have set up a commission to help as many as 200 Anglican congregations join the Catholic Church under the new Apostolic Constitution. John Broadhurst, the Anglican Bishop of Fulham and chairman of the Anglo-Catholic group Forward in Faith, said mass conversion was a real prospect, the Daily Mail reports. “We have a thousand priest members in my organization and there are many others who agree with us,” Bishop Broadhurst said. “The main issue for many Anglican priests is now the ownership of parish churches.” The commission may consider the possibility of church sharing or making 100-year leases of some Anglican buildings.
Female Muftis
United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates, a small Persian Gulf state known for adherence to tradition, will become the third Islamic country to appoint female muftis, scholars who have the power to issue fatwas and other religious decisions, reports Ecumenical News International. Still, the decision hardly bucks tradition, according to some Islamic experts, who say women religious authorities appear throughout Islamic history, Religion News Service reports. "The significance of this is that it's an active effort by a state to give women a voice in religious authority," said Ebrahim Moosa, an Islamic studies professor at Duke University.
A Sacred Duty
Vatican
Cardinal Walter Kasper, president of the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity, explained last week that the entrance of Anglicans into the Catholic Church is the fruit of authentic ecumenism inspired by the Second Vatican Council. The Cardinal added: “Ecumenism is not an “option” that the Church can accept or reject but is rather “a sacred duty”.
Mass Conversion Is a Real Prospect
UK
The Catholic Bishops of England and Wales have set up a commission to help as many as 200 Anglican congregations join the Catholic Church under the new Apostolic Constitution. John Broadhurst, the Anglican Bishop of Fulham and chairman of the Anglo-Catholic group Forward in Faith, said mass conversion was a real prospect, the Daily Mail reports. “We have a thousand priest members in my organization and there are many others who agree with us,” Bishop Broadhurst said. “The main issue for many Anglican priests is now the ownership of parish churches.” The commission may consider the possibility of church sharing or making 100-year leases of some Anglican buildings.
Female Muftis
United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates, a small Persian Gulf state known for adherence to tradition, will become the third Islamic country to appoint female muftis, scholars who have the power to issue fatwas and other religious decisions, reports Ecumenical News International. Still, the decision hardly bucks tradition, according to some Islamic experts, who say women religious authorities appear throughout Islamic history, Religion News Service reports. "The significance of this is that it's an active effort by a state to give women a voice in religious authority," said Ebrahim Moosa, an Islamic studies professor at Duke University.
A Sacred Duty
Vatican
Cardinal Walter Kasper, president of the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity, explained last week that the entrance of Anglicans into the Catholic Church is the fruit of authentic ecumenism inspired by the Second Vatican Council. The Cardinal added: “Ecumenism is not an “option” that the Church can accept or reject but is rather “a sacred duty”.