The apostolic constitution Anglicanorum Coetibus was issued by Pope Benedict XVI in November 2009 to address the needs of Anglicans wishing to enter the Catholic Church. It created new procedures for Anglican groups to come enter into full communion with the Catholic Church while retaining a degree of autonomy and elements of their Anglican heritage and liturgical practices.
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“This single Church of Christ, which we profess in the Creed as one, holy, catholic and apostolic ‘subsists in the Catholic Church, which is governed by the successor of Peter and by the Bishops in communion with him.” (source)
Subjects: Catholic Church › Relations--Anglican Communion; Anglican monasticism and religious orders; Apostolic succession
Resource ID: LLS:ANGLCOETENG
Resource Type: Monograph
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Pope Benedict XVI was the 265th pope, by virtue of his office of Bishop of Rome, the Sovereign of the Vatican City State and the head of the Roman Catholic Church. He was elected on 19 April 2005 in a papal conclave, celebrated his Papal Inauguration Mass on 24 April 2005, and took possession of his cathedral, the Basilica of St. John Lateran, on 7 May 2005. A native of Bavaria, Pope Benedict XVI has both German and Vatican citizenship.