Benedict’s gambit: The pope’s wooing of Anglicans is more than just an intra-Christian clash
Posted: November 1, 2009 at 12:48 a.m.
The Church of England has survived the Spanish Armada, the English Civil War and Elton John performing “Candle in the Wind” at Princess Diana’sWestminster Abbey funeral. So it will probably survive the note the Vatican issued last month, inviting disaffected Anglicans to head Romeward, and offering them an Anglo-Catholic mansion within the walls of the Roman Catholic faith.
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Opinion, Pages 21 on 11/01/2009
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