14 responses to “Newman. Pope. Feast Day.”

  1. David | Dah•veed Avatar
    David | Dah•veed

    Well, el Papa, gave us the Ratsfinger again. Twice in one trip.

    http://mundabor.wordpress.com/2010/09/20/saucy-pope-wears-leo-xiiis-stole-in-westminster-abbey/

    That has to be a record! Twice in four days.

    Kelvin, do the RCs lump everyone in the Encyclical? I ask because your orders are not really English orders are they?

  2. Kelvin Avatar

    Thanks David | Dah•veed – I think that all Anglicans are lumped together. I am indeed not in English orders.

    Its worth reading Apostolicae Curae all the same. Much of the argument focuses on the actual form of the Anglican ordinal at the time.

  3. ryan Avatar
    ryan

    David | Dah•veed,
    In fairness to Benedict, it was a very nice stole. One wonders if he has two millenia of papal vestments to chose from – The Vatican must have the Mother of all Dressing Up Cupboards! 🙂

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