Cambridge MA Here is Mr Manohar rsquo s latest entry to our conversation following upon my recent reply to him The following are his comments with my additions clearly marked and italicized nbsp nbsp nbsp ldquo In this post I wish to consider two difficult issues ndash dialogue and the

Early news coverage suggests that the strategy of the bishops of Westminster and Canterbury of downplaying the ecumenical damage threatened by this morning s announcement by Rome -- see earlier posts here and here nbsp -- has met with limited success nbsp The Times notes how Cardinal Levada pref

This morning s firecracker announcement by Rome of a new canonical instrument for receiving Anglican congregations en masse see my earlier post here has been welcomed by Anglo-Catholics in the Church of England -- the ones who most matter Forward in Faith the main Anglo-Catholic grouping in the

The news from Rome about the establishment of special ordinariates for disaffected Anglicans should not be seen as a re-lighting of the fires at Tyburn Indeed Archbishop Nichols of Westminster and Archbishop Rowan of Canterbury held a joint press conference to put the announcement in the context o

Rome today has announced a legal means for disaffected Anglicans to become Roman Catholic while hanging on to their liturgies and rites It is a major move by Pope Benedict XVI the potential negative impact of which on relations between the two Churches was vigorously played down by the Archbishops

As Caritas Internationalis and Catholic Relief Services expanded their efforts to respond to the unprecedented flooding throughout Asia following a series of typhoons and accompanying torrential comes news that a 2007 U S EPA report finally released in response to a Freedom of Information Act peti