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Quote by Marc Aupiais (Editor)
Note: we continue slow operation, but this is of note:

The Following is from today's VIS / V.I.S. [Vatican Information
service] (Catholic; the official voice of the Vatican's apparatus;
Vatican Based), as read in the dispatch sent to press and others in the
English speaking world:
"NOTE ON CELIBACY FOR ANGLICANS ENTERING CATHOLIC CHURCH
VATICAN CITY, 31 OCT 2009 (VIS) - Holy See Press Office Director Fr.
Federico Lombardi S.J. today released the following English-language
declaration concerning speculations about the celibacy issue in the
forthcoming Apostolic Constitution regarding personal ordinariates for
Anglicans entering into full communion with the Catholic Church.
There has been widespread speculation, based on supposedly
knowledgeable remarks by an Italian correspondent Andrea Tornielli,
that the delay in publication of the Apostolic Constitution regarding
Personal Ordinariates for Anglicans entering into full communion with
the Catholic Church, announced on 20 October 2009 by Cardinal William
Levada, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, is
due to more than 'technical' reasons. According to this speculation,
there is a serious substantial issue at the basis of the delay, namely,
disagreement about whether celibacy will be the norm for the future
clergy of the provision.
Cardinal Levada offered the following comments on this
speculation: "Had I been asked I would happily have clarified any doubt
about my remarks at the press conference. There is no substance to such
speculation. No one at the Vatican has mentioned any such issue to me.
The delay is purely technical in the sense of ensuring consistency in
canonical language and references. The translation issues are
secondary; the decision to delay publication in order to wait for
the 'official' Latin text to be published in 'Acta Apostolicae Sedis'
was made some time ago.
"The drafts prepared by the working group, and submitted for study and
approval through the usual process followed by the Congregation, have
all included the following statement, currently Article VI of the
Constitution:
"1. Those who ministered as Anglican deacons, priests, or bishops, and
who fulfil the requisites established by canon law and are not impeded
by irregularities or other impediments may be accepted by the Ordinary
as candidates for Holy Orders in the Catholic Church. In the case of
married ministers, the norms established in the Encyclical Letter of
Pope Paul VI 'Sacerdotalis coelibatus', n. 42 and in the Statement "In
June" are to be observed. Unmarried ministers must submit to the norm
of clerical celibacy of canon 277, para 1 of the Code of Canon Law.
"2. The Ordinary, in full observance of the discipline of celibate
clergy in the Latin Church, as a rule ('pro regula') will admit only
celibate men to the order of presbyter. He may also petition the Roman
Pontiff, as a derogation from canon 277, para 1, for the admission of
married men to the order of presbyter on a case by case basis,
according to objective criteria approved by the Holy See.
"This article is to be understood as consistent with the current
practice of the Church, in which married former Anglican ministers may
be admitted to priestly ministry in the Catholic Church on a case by
case basis. With regard to future seminarians, it was considered purely
speculative whether there might be some cases in which a dispensation
from the celibacy rule might be petitioned. For this reason, objective
criteria about any such possibilities (e.g. married seminarians already
in preparation) are to be developed jointly by the Personal Ordinariate
and the Episcopal Conference, and submitted for approval of the Holy
See".
Cardinal Levada said he anticipates the technical work on the
Constitution and Norms will be completed by the end of the first week
of November.
OP/CELIBACY ANGLICANS/LOMBARDI:LEVADA
VIS 091103 (570)"
(Paragraphing may have been altered)
As expected, and reported on by our service, speculation is, according
to the Vatican's voice: incorrect- the same procedure as always is
being followed with Anglicans. No new rite of the Catholic church has
been created, nor are celebacy rules, and regulations already
applicable to all Catholic priests in the Western Rite being altered.
Only, a prelature, like Opus Dei, is being made for Anglicans.

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