Thank you for this, Fr. Bradley! We have a priest at our parish who came into the church and became a priest toward the end of Pope Benedict's pontificate (in fact, his dispensation from celibacy was signed on one of Pope Benedict's last days as Pope... he is a husband and father.) I saw the pictures from that installation and felt great sadness which I attribute to this sense of greater disunity that you eloquently highlight here. We love our former Anglican priest and pray for unity and those who are on the fence to take the leap across the Tiber.
I'm not of the opinions that Catholics can never be at non-Catholic religious services. For instance, I have no issue with Pope Benedict having evensong at Westminster Abbey or bishops showing up to the coronation. That being said, it is particularly scandalizing to have bishops and cardinals attending and participating in an instillation of a non-Catholic archbishop of Canterbury. After all, Canterbury Cathedral and See were both Catholic until forcibly stolen by Henry VIII, and later Elizebeth I. And it really should be the Church's position that these need to be returned to Her. Imagine having the president of Greece participate in a ceremony celebrating the Elgin marbles being in the British Museum!
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Thank you for this, Fr. Bradley! We have a priest at our parish who came into the church and became a priest toward the end of Pope Benedict's pontificate (in fact, his dispensation from celibacy was signed on one of Pope Benedict's last days as Pope... he is a husband and father.) I saw the pictures from that installation and felt great sadness which I attribute to this sense of greater disunity that you eloquently highlight here. We love our former Anglican priest and pray for unity and those who are on the fence to take the leap across the Tiber.
I'm not of the opinions that Catholics can never be at non-Catholic religious services. For instance, I have no issue with Pope Benedict having evensong at Westminster Abbey or bishops showing up to the coronation. That being said, it is particularly scandalizing to have bishops and cardinals attending and participating in an instillation of a non-Catholic archbishop of Canterbury. After all, Canterbury Cathedral and See were both Catholic until forcibly stolen by Henry VIII, and later Elizebeth I. And it really should be the Church's position that these need to be returned to Her. Imagine having the president of Greece participate in a ceremony celebrating the Elgin marbles being in the British Museum!