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This episode discusses the potential of Pope Benedict's Ordinariate for ex-Anglicans with two leading priests.

In 2009 Pope Benedict XVI upset liberals by creating the Ordinariates, new self-governing structures for ex-Anglicans who wanted to preserve their ‘patrimony’ in their worship and evangelisation. Until now, many bishops in the English-speaking world have done their best to marginalise the Ordinariates, despite – or perhaps because of – the dynamism of their clergy. But Pope Leo has now affirmed the Ordinariates as a permanent feature of the church. Could Pope Benedict’s bold initiative soon be working as he intended? In this episode of Holy Smoke , Damian Thompson talks to two leading Ordinariate priests, Fathers Ed Tomlinson and Benedict Kiely. Don’t miss this unusually frank discussion. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Damian Thompson

Guests: Ed Tomlinson, Benedict Kiely

Topics covered

• Pope Benedict
• Ordinariates
• Anglicanism
• Catholic Church
• religious dynamics
• clergy
• evangelisation

Keywords

• Pope Benedict XVI
• Ordinariates
• ex-Anglicans
• Catholic Church
• clergy
• evangelisation
• religious structures

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Leo, Ordinariates, Catholic Church

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