Some Anglicans apply to join the Catholic Church

The Vatican is set to launch a structure Monday that will allow Anglican parishes in the United States — and their married priests — to join the Catholic Church in a small but symbolically potent effort to reunite Protestants and Catholics, who split almost 500 years ago.

More than 1,300 Anglicans, including 100 Anglican priests, have applied to be part of the new body, essentially a diocese. Among them are members of St. Luke's in Bladensburg, which this summer became the first group in the country to convert to Catholicism.

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Karen Tumulty 02 Jan, 2012
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