The
Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has named Archbishop
Donald Wuerl of Washington D.C. to guide the incorporation of Anglican
groups into the Catholic Church in the United States.
According to a news release today from the U.S. Conference of
Catholic Bishops, Archbishop Wuerl will lead the American effort to
implement Pope Benedict XVI's plan for Anglican groups who seek to enter
into full communion with the Catholic Church.
Archbishop Wuerl is a Pittsburgh native and former bishop of Pittsburgh.
Under the plan, Anglicans can be part of the Catholic Church while
maintaining aspects of their Anglican heritage and liturgical practice,
according to the release.
Archbishop Wuerl will head a committee that includes Bishops Kevin
Vann of Fort Worth, Texas, and Robert McManus of Worcester, Mass.
The
committee will be assisted by Father Scott Hurd, who was ordained an
Episcopal priest in 1993, joined the Catholic Church in 1996, and was
ordained a Catholic priest for the Archdiocese of Washington in 2000.
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