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 Australia's Anglo-Catholics vote to convert to Rome
The Daily Telegraph reports that Forward in Faith, Australia, is setting up a working party guided by a Catholic bishop to work out how its followers can join Rome.
On Feb 13th the group voted to investigate setting up an Ordinariate (an ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Church) in Australia. It has formed a working group with a Catholic bishop, Bishop Peter Elliott, to “set in train the processes necessary for establishing an Australian Ordinariate”.
It is believed to be the first group within the Anglican church to accept Pope Benedict XVI’s offer for disaffected Anglicans to convert to Rome while retaining parts of their spiritual heritage.
The Rt Rev David Robarts OAM, chairman of FIF Australia, said members of the association felt excluded by the Anglican Church in Australia.
"In Australia we have tried for a quarter of a decade to get some form of episcopal oversight but we have failed," he told The Daily Telegraph.
"We're not really wanted any more, our conscience is not being respected."
"We need to have bishops that believe what we believe."
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(Source: The Daily Telegraph, 16/02/10)
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