BY Edward Pentin
November 22-28, 2009 Issue | Posted 11/14/09 at 12:04 AM
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican has published an apostolic constitution that allows for groups of Anglicans to come into communion with the Catholic Church while retaining their heritage and traditions.
The decree, Anglicanorum Coetibus, was signed by Pope Benedict XVI on Nov. 4, the memorial of St. Charles Borromeo. An apostolic constitution is usually legislative, with binding authority on the entire Church. Accompanying the decree were a list of complementary norms and an explanatory letter. News of the document’s preparation had been announced by the Vatican Oct. 20.
In a Nov. 9 press release, the Vatican said the apostolic constitution introduces “a canonical structure that provides for such corporate reunion by establishing personal ordinariates,” autonomous jurisdictions within the Church that are headed by a ordinary. It added that the papal decree “opens a new avenue for the promotion of Christian unity while, at the same time, granting legitimate diversity in the expression of our common faith.”
The document explains how this historic act came to be...
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