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OXFORD, England (OSV News) — A former Anglican bishop has urged church leaders to prepare for a surge of Catholic conversions, as a historic Vatican visit by King Charles III coincided with a deepening division in the worldwide Anglican Communion.
“The Church of England has clearly decided to go the way of liberal Protestant denominations, abandoning any claims to be upholding the Catholic apostolic succession,” said Msgr. Michael Nazir-Ali, who was one of several Anglican bishops received into the Catholic Church in 2021.
The Pakistan-born former bishop was ordained a Catholic priest for the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham, a diocese with Anglican traditions established under Pope Benedict XVI to help bring Anglicans in the United Kingdom into full communion with the Catholic Church.
He spoke as a Global Anglican Future Conference, or GAFCON, claiming to represent at least half the world’s 85 million Anglicans, severed links with the Church of England over the appointment of the first female archbishop of Canterbury, accusing her of promoting “unbiblical and revisionist teachings.”
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“The Church of England has clearly decided to go the way of liberal Protestant denominations, abandoning any claims to be upholding the Catholic apostolic succession,” said Msgr. Michael Nazir-Ali, who was one of several Anglican bishops received into the Catholic Church in 2021.
‘A significant wave of conversions’
“We’re already seeing a significant new wave of conversions, and the church needs to consider how best to respond,” he said.The Pakistan-born former bishop was ordained a Catholic priest for the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham, a diocese with Anglican traditions established under Pope Benedict XVI to help bring Anglicans in the United Kingdom into full communion with the Catholic Church.
He spoke as a Global Anglican Future Conference, or GAFCON, claiming to represent at least half the world’s 85 million Anglicans, severed links with the Church of England over the appointment of the first female archbishop of Canterbury, accusing her of promoting “unbiblical and revisionist teachings.”
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Former Anglican bishop predicts new wave of conversions to Catholic Church - OSV News
"The Church of England is going "the way of liberal Protestant denominations, abandoning any claims to be upholding the Catholic apostolic succession."
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