De amerikanske katolske biskopene har sin konferanse denne uka, og i går fortalte kardinal Wuerl – erkebiskop i Washington DC, og ansvarlig for å legge til rette for anglikanske prester og lekfolk som øsnker å bli katolikker og samtidig få beholde noe av sin kirkelige tradisjon – at så langt har 67 anglikanske/episkopale prester søkt om å få bli katolske prester, halvparten av disse har så langt fått klarsignal fra Vatikanet, og nå har pave Benedikt også fastsatt en dato for når Ordinariatet skal opprettes:
On October 29, 2011, I received a letter from His Eminence Cardinal William Levada, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, indicating that “in an audience granted to me on October 28, 2011, Our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, has approved the erection of an Ordinariate in the United States. I therefore write to authorize you as this Congregation’s Delegate for the implementation of Anglicanorum coetibus to address the plenary session of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, due to meet in Baltimore…in order to advise the Bishops of these developments.”
The Congregation has communicated that the canonical erection of the Ordinariate will take place on January 1, 2012, the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God. At that time, I assume that an Ordinary will be named and the Ordinariate will begin its work. …