Regarding Anglicans Seeking Communion with the Holy See

Regarding Anglicans Seeking Communion with the Holy See

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1. Note on Personal Ordinariates for Anglicans Entering the Catholic Church - Vatican Press Office
Cardinal William Joseph Levada, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, on 20 October 2009, announced a forthcoming Apostolic Constitution on Personal Ordinariates for Anglicans wishing to enter the Catholic Church. A joint statement by Archbishop Vincent Gerard Nichols of Westminster and His Grace Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury is appended.

2. Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum Coetibus - Pope Benedict XVI
The promised Apostolic Constitution on Personal Ordinariates for Anglicans was published 9 November 2009. It provides a canonical structure which allows groups of Anglicans to enter full communion with the Catholic Church while preserving elements of their spiritual and liturgical patrimony.

3. Complementary Norms for the Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum Coetibus - Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
With the Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum Coetibus, additional norms were published, which explain how nongeographical ordinariates, established for former Anglicans, are to relate to geographical dioceses, as well as who may belong to these ordinariates, or be ordained to them.

4. The Significance of the Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum Coetibus - Father Gianfranco Ghirlanda, SJ
This is the official Vatican commentary on the significance of the apostolic constitution Anglicanorum Coetibus. The commentary was written by Jesuit Father Gianfranco Ghirlanda, who currently serves as rector of the Pontifical Gregorian University.