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January 2019

January 24, 2019

Need some good news? Here you go: ‘Why I had to cross the Tiber’

You may remember the story of the Episcopal priest Andrew Petiprin and his journey into the...

April 2018

April 02, 2018

Welcome home! Anglican priest in Pittsburgh joins Catholic Church at Easter

Details: Thy will be done. They are more than words in a prayer for Norman...

March 2018

March 08, 2018

Report: Meghan Markle baptized in private ceremony

Details: Meghan Markle has been baptised into the Church of England in a secret ceremony...

March 04, 2018

Meghan Markle to be baptized this month

Details: Meghan Markle is due to be christened sometime in March in preparation for her wedding...

December 2013

December 20, 2013

A first: monastery for the Anglican ordinariate to be founded on January 1

Details from the Catholic Herald in the U.K.: The first monastery of the Personal Ordinariate...

November 2013

November 22, 2013

Baltimore welcomes a new priest—and his wife and seven children

From the blog for the Anglican Ordinariate: On Friday, Nov. 15, after the conclusion of...

November 03, 2013

Hot cross bums: cold church tries pew warmers

As one reader noted, on sending this to me, "Leave it to the Anglicans." Check...

October 2013

October 09, 2013

Archbishop of Canterbury encourages Anglicans to embrace the Sacrament of Reconciliation

From the Telegraph: The Most Rev Justin Welby advised churchgoers that it could be an...

August 2013

August 26, 2013

Here come the Anglicans: “We are on a pilgrimage together”

Today, the Boston Globe offers a glimpse inside the Anglican ordinariate. Details: Before Mass on...

July 2013

July 20, 2013

The Father Who’s a Father: Meet the Priest Behind This Iconic Picture

The snapshot here went viral shortly after it was published, showing the diaconate ordination of...

April 2013

April 02, 2013

“The Ordinariate has finally arrived”

So says Britain's Damien Thompson, who blogs: There's plenty of scepticism about the Ordinariate –...

December 2012

December 12, 2012

11 Anglican nuns to join Catholic Church in England

And they include a former C of E minister and the mother superior. Details, from...

December 11, 2012

Arizona gets first Anglican Ordinariate priest—and 30 of his parishioners join the Catholic Church, too

Just in time for Christmas, members of Holy Nativity parish are joining the church. Details,...

November 2012

November 28, 2012

10 reasons why men shouldn’t be ordained

I have to admit: this made me laugh. It comes from Bosco Peters, an Anglican...

November 23, 2012

A “liberal” Anglican explains why he voted against women bishops

An interesting take From Tom Sutcliffe, writing at an Anglican website: The truth is that,...

September 2012

September 10, 2012

Report: Anglicans discuss sharing cathedral with Catholics in New Zealand

Details are sketchy, but if it happens it would truly be historic: Anglicans in Christchurch...

July 2012

July 10, 2012

Historian (and Anglican deacon) predicts Catholic schism

He's not the first to raise the "s" word -- our fair Anchoress has done...

July 01, 2012

Historic father and son ordination: “A great moment in the history of our faith”

It's believed to be the first time in the U.S. that a father and son...

June 2012

June 24, 2012

Homecoming: in Maryland, an Anglican congregation becomes Catholic — UPDATED

Great news from my home state (h/t to Fr. Scott Hurd): The sign outside Christ the...

May 2012

May 26, 2012

Worth a thousand words, Anglican edition

Behold, the 17 new Catholic deacons—soon to be priests—who were once Anglican priests in the...

May 09, 2012

History: American ordinariate gets its first priest

The announcement: The new U.S. ordinariate for Anglican groups entering the Catholic Church achieved a...

April 2012

April 11, 2012

Anglican vicar converts, brings half his flock with him

Details, from a neighborhood in South London: A vicar led half his congregation in converting...

January 2012

January 26, 2012

“I want the pope to be proud of us…”

The head of the new Ordinariate, bringing Anglicans into the Catholic Church, spoke recently with...

January 06, 2012

Now, about all those married Catholic priests…

The New York Times takes a closer look at how the new ordinariate will be...

January 06, 2012

A former Anglican’s journey: “We look forward in faith”

A priest from the Archdiocese of Washington and FOB (Friend of the Bench), Fr. R....

January 01, 2012

Here come the Anglicans: details on America’s first ordinariate

This broke while I was away from my desk, in the middle of the Sunday...

January 01, 2012

2012: the year of the Anglicans?

Before the confetti is swept up and the champagne glasses put away, the new year...

October 2011

October 09, 2011

History: first Episcopal church in the U.S. converts under ordinariate

It finally happened. Details: The Rev. Mark Lewis awoke early on the last morning of...

September 2011

September 02, 2011

Defrocked Episcopal priest hopes to join Catholic Church

You almost never hear of Catholic priests being suspended for being too conservative -- but...

August 2011

August 19, 2011

What about the families of former Anglican priests?

A few months back, I posted an item about one Anglican clergyman's leap of faith,...