Anglican Archives

Former Anglican priest says God helped him find way to Catholic priesthood

Jul 21, 2021

For Father Stephen Hilgendorf, it has been a long journey from his role as a priest in the Anglican tradition.

Top theologian: Argument just keeps ‘foot in the door’ waiting for a saint

Dec 18, 2020

Archbishop Rowan Williams offered the example of Malcolm Muggeridge, a celebrated British journalist and satirist who was attracted to Communism in his youth and later converted to Christianity under the influence of St. Teresa of Calcutta.

By John L. Allen Jr.

Exorcists see ecumenical agenda in fighting ‘voluntary possession’

May 14, 2019

When representatives from different Christian churches gathered in Rome to talk about exorcism with Catholic seminarians last week, one frightening point that came up was that an increasing number of people are choosing to be possessed.

By Elise Harris

On Sunday Francis set forth his distinctive vision of how Christian unity is made

Feb 27, 2017

When visiting an Anglican church in Rome, Pope Francis barely referred to the theological, institutional dialogue between Anglicans and Catholics. Instead he indicated three roads to Christian unity: an attitude of humility, shared prayer and actions witnessing to God’s mercy, and learning from the creativity of young churches in the global south.

By Austen Ivereigh

Rome’s Anglican pastor: Papal visit an exciting, but normal, step

Feb 25, 2017

Jonathan Boardman, pastor of All Saints Anglican Church in Rome, said that in his opinion, the reason a papal visit to an Anglican parish is possible now rather than in the past is likely due to “the fact that we’ve got Pope Francis.”

By Elise Harris, CNA

Removal of pastor feeds perceptions of draconian authority

Jan 29, 2017

By removing a dedicated pastor at an Anglican Use parish, Archbishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller of San Antonio has not only engaged in a striking overreach, but he’s fed perceptions that Catholic prelates are inflexible, authoritarian and aggressively assertive.

By Fr. Dwight Longenecker

Is it time for a Lutheran Ordinariate?

Jan 17, 2017

Father Dwight Longenecker has a proposal for Protestants who might like to be in communion with Rome while still maintaining their own church and traditions, and it is creating something akin to the Anglican ordinariate. With the 500th anniversary of Luther’s separation upon us, Longenecker asks why not replicate the ordinariate model for the Lutherans?

By Fr. Dwight Longenecker

Pope Francis to meet Archbishop of Canterbury in October

Aug 25, 2016

Pope Francis and Archbishop Justin Wleby of Canterbury are expected to meet in Rome Oct. 5 at the Basilica of San Gregorio al Celio, the spot from which Pope Gregory the Great sent the monk Augustine with 40 companions to evangelize the island of Britain, considered by Anglicans as their “motherhouse.”

By Andrea Gagliarducci