Hundreds of former Anglican clerics now Catholic priests

November 20, 2025

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CWN Editor's Note: Hundreds of Anglican clerics had become Catholic priests since 1992, when the Church of England accepted the ordination of women, the Daily Telegraph reports.

In those 32 years, the Telegraph reports, roughly one-third of all men ordained to the Catholic priesthood had previously been members of the Anglican clergy.

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• Posted by: feedback - Nov. 21, 2025 11:57 PM ET USA

  This should be one of the best practical arguments to end the waste of time and the confusion by "studies on women ordinations." Sensus fidelium is against it and Francis, who resurrected the already buried idea, is no longer the Pope.