Robert Moynihan, in the November 2009 issue of Inside The Vatican magazine ponders:

Anglicans Towards Rome?



"The Vatican in October made a dramatic announcement: Pope Benedict has authorized a plan to bring Anglicans back into full union with Rome while keeping many Anglican traditions.

"But many questions remain.

"In London, Damian Thompson, a religion writer for the Telegraph Media Group, concluded: This is a decision of supreme boldness and generosity by Pope Benedict XVI, comparable to his liberation of the Traditional Latin Mass ... I suspect that this will be a day of rejoicing for conservative Anglo - Catholics and their Roman Catholic friends all over the world..."

ONE GROUP IS CALLED THE TRADITIONAL ANGLICAN COMMUNION OR TAC.

"This group consists of 16 member churches throughout the world with approximately 400,000 members, with a particularly large proportion from Africa, in nations like Zimbabwe and Tanzania..."

Wow!

Good to have you all back, after an absence of maybe 450 years or so!

Welcome aboard the Bark of Saint Peter! :)