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‘Into the One Fold of the Redeemer’: Robin Ward’s path to Rome

“I do feel a palpable sense of communion”

Luke Coppen
Feb 21, 2026
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A rare ray of sunshine broke through the murk of social media last weekend when the Anglican Canon Robin Ward posted an update announcing that he had been received into the Catholic Church.

Robin Ward with Abbot Cuthbert Brogan, O.S.B., at St. Michael’s Abbey in Farnborough, Hampshire, England. Credit: Courtesy of Robin Ward.

The post, accompanied by a p…

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