The Call to Communion: Anglicanorum coetibus and Ecclesial Unity
- Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
- Libreria Editrice Vaticana
- Vatican City
- 2013-02-02 AD
The Church welcomes Anglican communities into full communion through Personal Ordinariates, canonical structures juridically comparable to dioceses but distinct from ritual churches, religious orders, and personal prelatures. Rooted in the Blessed Trinity and sustained sacramentally through the Eucharist, this communion makes the faithful one family in Christ and calls them to address God as “Our Father.” The preface marks the first anniversary of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St Peter and recalls Pope Benedict XVI’s support for its formation. Clergy and laity are urged to build a lived culture of communion not only with the Pope but also with local bishops, parishes, and Catholics generally, so that their fidelity, charity, and joyful witness may strengthen the whole Church amid secularism and relativism.
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