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Cardinals meet in Rome to discuss various issues including the Ordinariate

Latest News - drawn from the Catholic Herald

Cardinals to discuss the Ordinariate

A day of reflection and prayer ahead of the consistory of cardinals will focus the Ordinariates amongst it principle themes.
Cardinals from around the world have been invited to take part in a day of reflection and prayer before the consistory on November 20.

In the evening, after vespers, the cardinals will discuss Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum coetibus, led by Cardinal William Levada, Prefect for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

Pilgrimage - Christus Rex - some images



Sacred Heart Cathedral




Bishop Peter Elliott




Final Mass at Sacred Heart Cathedral

 The Christus Rex Pilgrimage is now over - Congratulations Pilgrims!  It attracted over 400 pilgrims and the Cathedral was full for the final Mass celebrated by Bishop Peter Ellliot.  Let us hope that it continues to grow.

Albendorf - Schlesischer Jerusalem

A village of pilgrimage the "Silesian Jerusalem" (Church is based on the design of the Temple in Jerusalem)- with over 90 Chapels on the surrounding hills



The wooden statue of Our Lady, dating from the thirteenth century, was originally placed in a mighty linden tree located at this site. According to the legend a blind man regained his eyesight after praying before the statue. After that miracle a stone altar was erected in front of the tree. The first wooden chapel was built in 1263. A larger church was built in 1512 but was destroyed during the Thirty Years' War. The present pilgrimage church 'Visitation of Our Lady' goes back to a church built in 1695–1710 following a design thought to resemble the Temple in Jerusalem. However, all but the mighty Renaissance façade had to be torn down already three years later because the structure had become unsafe. The fourth and present church in Baroque style was then built 1715–1723, and financed by the local nobleman and owner Count Franz Anton von Götzen. In 1936 the church received the status of a 'Basilica minor' from Pope Pius XI. Pope John Paul II awarded the Madonna of Wambierzyce the title of "Queen of Families" in 1980.





5 Anglican bishops resign to enter Catholic Church

From Zenit Today
Rome, Italy, November 8 (CNA/EWTN News) .- Five Anglican bishops announced their resignations from the Church of England today so that they can enter into full communion with the Catholic Church.


The decision to resign made by Bishops Andrew Burnham, Keith Newton, John Broadhurst, Edwin Barnes and David Silk was welcomed by Catholic Auxiliary Bishop Alan Hopes of Westminster in a message on Nov. 8.

Anglican Archbishop Rowan Williams said that he accepted the resignations of Bishops Burnham and Newton with regret. Bishop Broadhurst had been serving as the head of Forward in Faith, a traditional coalition of Anglicans, while Bishops Barnes and Silk are retired bishops.

Bishop Hopes, the point man for the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales on forming an Anglican jurisdiction, said that under the guidelines set forth by the Pope in "Anglicanorum Coetibus," the Church will establish an "Ordinariate for England and Wales" for those wishing to enter the Catholic Church.

Benedict XVI released the guidelines for the creation of ordinariates in Nov. 2009, after receiving inquiries from groups of Anglicans who were dismayed at the ordination of women and practicing homosexuals as bishops.

Vatican spokesman, Fr. Federico Lombardi said on Nov. 8, 2010 that the Vatican "can confirm that the constitution of a first Ordinariate is under study, according to the norms established by the Apostolic Constitution 'Anglicanorum coetibus,' and that any further decisions regarding this will be communicated at the proper moment."

He explained that because of their desire to become part of the Catholic Church, the bishops were "obliged by conscience" to step down from their posts within the Church of England.

The bishops themselves released a joint communique noting their discontent at a growing divide between Catholics and Anglicans and their distress at developments in the Anglican Church, which they find "incompatible" with its historic vocation and tradition.

The issue pushing the bishops to make the decision to "cross over" to Rome was the result of a vote during the Anglican General Synod last July. The majority of bishops voted to pass legislation allowing for the ordination of women. This was the breaking point for some of those who held closer to a traditional form of Anglicanism.

The five bishops, who are to step down entirely from their pastoral responsibilities on Dec. 31, 2010, called the Pope's ordinariate measure "both a generous response to various approaches to the Holy See for help and a bold, new ecumenical instrument in the search for the unity of Christians, the unity for which Christ himself prayed before his Passion and Death."

"It is a unity, we believe, which is possible only in Eucharistic communion with the successor of St Peter."

The five prelates invited those who share their perspective to follow them.

Bishop Hopes said the Catholic bishops of England and Wales will be exploring the creation of the first ordinariate during their plenary meetings next week. More information will follow their discussions, he said.

ORA PRO NOBIS

Pray to the Holy Martyrs of Bahgdad that their blood may not have been spilled in vane.
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem.

Fr Nicola Bux and Abbot Zielinski OSB Appointed as Consultors to the Congretation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments

Good news indeed for the Reform of the Reform!  Abbot Zeilinski's and indeed Fr Bux's views and comments on the state of church music and the sacred liturgy are not only erudite but among the best and boldest in the attempts to undo the agenda driven reforms of the Concilium in order to properly implement those willed by the Council Fathers.
NOMINA DI CONSULTORI DELLA CONGREGAZIONE PER IL CULTO DIVINO E LA DISCIPLINA DEI SACRAMENTI

Il Santo Padre Benedetto XVI ha nominato Consultori della Congregazione per il Culto Divino e la Disciplina dei Sacramenti i Reverendi: Mons. José Aparecido Gonçalves de ALMEIDA, Sotto-Segretario del Pontificio Consiglio per i Testi Legislativi; P. Dieter BÖHLER, S.I., docente presso la Facoltà Teologica Sankt-Georgen, Frankfurt (Germania); Sac. Nicola BUX, del clero dell'Arcidiocesi di Bari-Bitonto, docente presso l'Istituto di Teologia Ecumenico-Patristica Greco-Bizantina San Nicola, Bari (Italia); P. Joseph CAROLA, S.I., docente presso la Pontificia Università Gregoriana, Roma; Sac. José Manuel Garcia CORDEIRO, Rettore del Pontificio Collegio Portoghese e docente presso il Pontificio Istituto Liturgico, Pontificio Ateneo Sant'Anselmo, Roma; Sac. Renato DE ZAN, docente presso il Pontificio Istituto Liturgico, Pontificio Ateneo Sant'Anselmo, Roma; P. Cassian FOLSOM, O.S.B., Priore di Norcia (Italia), Professore Consociato del Pontificio Istituto Liturgico, Pontificio Ateneo Sant'Anselmo, Roma; Sac. Mauro GAGLIARDI, docente presso il Pontificio Ateneo "Regina Apostolorum", Roma; Sac. Aurelio GARCÍA MACÍAS, del clero dell'Arcidiocesi di Valladolid, Presidente dell'Associazione Spagnola dei Professori di Liturgia (Spagna); Mons. Angelo LAMERI, del clero della Diocesi di Crema (Italia), docente presso la Pontificia Università Lateranense, Roma; Sac. Dennis McMANUS, del clero dell'Arcidiocesi di Mobile, docente presso l'Università Cattolica d'America, Washington (Stati Uniti d'America); Sac. Juan José SILVESTRE, del clero della Prelatura personale dell'Opus Dei, docente presso la Pontificia Università della Santa Croce, Roma; P. Ab. Michael John ZIELINSKI, O.S.B. Oliv., Vice Presidente della Pontificia Commissione per i Beni Culturali della Chiesa e della Pontificia Commissione di Archeologia Sacra; Mons. Markus WALSER, Vicario Generale