tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17934023.post8672374321843191237..comments2024-03-20T12:28:00.031+00:00Comments on Liberal Bureaucracy: Do sit down and keep quiet Lord Carey, there's a good chap...Mark Valladareshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15773193846795037711noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17934023.post-29851812825251692722009-10-26T19:53:25.762+00:002009-10-26T19:53:25.762+00:00I got the impression when the announcement was mad...I got the impression when the announcement was made that any who do transfer will not transfer into the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales as represented by the English and Welsh Bishop's Conference but will form a church in their own right (and, indeed, rite) under their own ordinaries, a little bit like the Greek/Eastern Catholic Churches who are in full communion with Rome, have patriarchs sitting in the college of cardinals but are allowed their own rules, which, in their case also, includes married priests (though not usually, by tradition rather than rule, married bishops).<br /><br />The previous tranche of Anglican priests who converted a decade and a half ago were, if they were married, initially restricted to not being in charge of parishes - and so did things like university, school and hospital chaplaincies. But this has also changed and my current university chaplain has become a parish priest now anyway.Jock Coatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15550558005508328017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17934023.post-22460323782711197202009-10-26T17:27:51.046+00:002009-10-26T17:27:51.046+00:00"Pardon me but, aren't the two Churches i...<i>"Pardon me but, aren't the two Churches in dispute over doctrine?"</i><br /><br />It is ridiculous really. A few years ago, Prince Charles actually postponed his wedding in order to attend the funeral of the Pope. Henry VIII would be turning in his grave.Laurence Boycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17838530535994771528noreply@blogger.com