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The Vatican announced a mechanism called an Apostolic Constitution which allows disaffected Anglican groups to enter the Catholic Church. The arrangement will allow Anglicans to enter full union with the Catholic Church but maintain elelments of their liturgy and rituals. Cardinal William Joseph Levada, head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith made the announcement Tuesday 20 October, and said that it was in response to requests from Anglicans around the world to join the Catholic Church.

The Anglican Communion is seriously divided by the issues of homosexual bishops, same-sex marriage and the ordination of women priests. BBC, Wall Street Journal

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News story, GenevaLunch, 21 October 2009.

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