National Conference of Catholic Bishops’ press release.

Anglicans ponder: how many? Reuters

Some ask whether intercession of St. Therese of Lisieux was behind the Vatican’s move to provide a structure to welcome Anglicans into full communion. See: The Catholic Key Blog

Britan’s “Conservative” Anglicans are interviewed in the Los Angeles Times

The worldwide Anglican communion numbers about 77 million people, including 2.4 million members of the Episcopal Church in the United States and 13.4 million Anglicans in Britain.

.

Meanwhile, the National Catholic Register canvassed media coverage of the Catholic welcome mat extended to Anglicans. It uncovers “unsavory terms” used by the secular media to describe the Church’s actions. The article offers several links to read prime examples of this anti-Catholic bias in reporting.

While the media would like to see the Church as predator and the Anglicans as prey, there’s nothing of the sort here. In fact, the move, which has taken years to happen, occurred only because such a large number of Anglicans petitioned the Vatican to find a way to make it happen.

“This is a response to overtures that had already been made – it’s not as if the Catholic Church had gone ‘poaching’ or ‘fishing’ as some media may have claimed,” said Father Robert Imbelli, associate professor of theology at Boston College.

An Anglican’s view at National Catholic Register.

U.S. Canadian reaction noted at CNS.

Wall Street Journal looks at the challenges facing the Archbishop of Canterbury.