[Telegraph] 12 Jul 2008--Roman Catholic liberals and their Anglican allies are directing a campaign of propaganda at Anglo-Catholics, telling them that "Rome" does not want them to convert en masse following the vote for women bishops. This is a lie.
According to Ruth Gledhill, "an extremely well-connected Roman Catholic friend" reckons that former Anglicans are "the last thing we need" and that the Vatican will not upset liberal Catholic parishes or its relations with Rowan Williams by making special arrangements for them. Alas, Ruth seems to have been taken in by this untruth.
In fact, her friend - whom I do not doubt for a moment is part of the liberal mafia of the Bishops' Conference - has told her a series of lies. For example, that "the Pope does not deal with sub-groups". Nonsense. It was Joseph Ratzinger who, ignoring ecumenical niceties, sent a message of support to conservative American Anglicans meeting in Dallas in 1993. He knows very well that there are only sub-groups in Anglicanism these days.
Another lie: "The Archbishop of Canterbury has an extremely strong rapport with Pope Benedict XVI." On the contrary, the two men barely know each other. As someone observes on Ruth's thread, if there was such a rapport "Rowan would not have been begging and pleading for months before getting a polite but distant audience, and the Pope would have invited him to open the Pauline Year with himself and the Patriarch. John Paul II had Carey with him for opening the Jubilee Year at St Peter's."
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