Anglicanorum coetibus Providing for Personal Ordinariates for Anglicans Entering into Full Communion with the Catholic Church

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The Vatican has just released His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI's newest
Apostolic Constitution titled "Anglicanorum Coetibus".

The Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum coetibus which is published
today introduces a canonical structure that provides for such
corporate reunion by establishing Personal Ordinariates, which will
allow the Anglican groups to enter full communion with the Catholic
Church while preserving elements of the distinctive Anglican spiritual
and liturgical patrimony.

At the same time, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith is
publishing a set of Complementary Norms which will guide the
implementation of this provision.

I have updated the website with links to the Vatican's English and
Italian translations of these new documents.

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