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Pope Benedict XVI Blog (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
Cardinal William Joseph Levada, Prefect of the CDF Vatican City, Oct 31, 2009 / 12:13 pm ( CNA ).- In an extensive clarification released on Saturday by the Vatican press office, Fr. Federico Lombardi S.J. made clear, on behalf of the Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Cardinal Joseph Levada, that there is no “celibacy issue” delaying...
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CNN (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
The number of Anglicans wishing to join the Catholic Church has increased in recent years as the Anglican Church has welcomed the ordination of women and openly gay clergy, said Cardinal William Joseph Levada, the head of the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, in announcing the move in October.
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CNN (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
The number of Anglicans wishing to join the Catholic Church has increased in recent years as the Anglican Church has welcomed the ordination of women and openly gay clergy, said Cardinal William Joseph Levada, the head of the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, in announcing the move in October.
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Catholic Analysis (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
... documents are dated 4 November, feast of St. Charles Borromeo, and are signed by Cardinal William Joseph Levada and Archbishop Luis F. Ladaria S.J., respectively prefect and secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. An English-language communique released by the congregation recalls how on 20 October, Cardina Levada "announced a new provision responding...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
... delegates were electrified to receive an encouraging message from no less a figure than Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger. This was remarkable, because Ratzinger was head of the Roman Catholic church's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith: what in less mealy-mouthed times was known as the Inquisition. Rather than ordering this roomful of Protestants to be burnt at the stake, Ratzinger assured...
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US News (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
It's good that the Pope is reaching out to people of other faiths—even if it is only to those who are as traditional as he is. According to , "The number of Anglicans wishing to join the Catholic Church has increased in recent years as the Anglican Church has welcomed the ordination of women and openly gay clergy and blessed homosexual partnerships, said Cardinal William Joseph Levada,...
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VirtueOnline (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
VATICAN CITY: Official Note on Anglicans Wishing to Enter the Catholic Church 20 October 2009 (VIS) - In a meeting with journalists held this morning in the Holy See Press Office Cardinal William Joseph Levada, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, and Archbishop Joseph Augustine Di Noia O.P., secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline...
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findingDulcinea (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
... reported for USA Today in 2006. Today, those numbers appear to have grown. As Cardinal William Joseph Levada, the head of the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, told CNN, “‘[H]undreds’ of Anglicans around the world have ,” including 50 Anglican bishops. Although married Anglican priests may be ordained as Catholic priests, the same is not true for Anglican bishops....
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ISRAEL TRUTH TIMES (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
... Church, the U.S. branch of the movement, has sharpened those tensions. Reuters Cardinal William Joseph Levada at the Vatican on Tuesday. Pope Benedict has approved a document that would make it easier for Anglicans to join the Roman Catholic Church. The move comes nearly five centuries after King Henry VIII broke with Rome and proclaimed himself head of the new Church of England after...