How can Catholics and Anglicans resolve their differences?

In 2007, 400,000 Anglicans formally requested for the opportunity to rejoin the Catholic Church:

http://www.thefloridacatholic.org/rop/2008_rop/200...

The Catholic Church is just responding to this and other requests from Anglican groups and individuals. This is well thought out and planned pastoral concern and action.

There are already over 20 different Catholic Churches that make up the worldwide Catholic Church.

In addition to the Latin Rite (Roman) Catholic Church, the Eastern Rite Catholic Churches are in full communion with the Pope, and are part of the same worldwide Catholic Church.

Eastern Rite Catholic Churches include:

Alexandrian liturgical tradition

• Coptic Catholic Church

• Ethiopic Catholic Church

Antiochian (Antiochene or West-Syrian) liturgical tradition

• Maronite Church http://www.bkerkelb.org/

• Syrian Catholic Church

• Syro-Malankara Catholic Church http://www.syromalankara.org/

Armenian liturgical tradition:

• Armenian Catholic Church http://www.armeniancatholic.org/

Chaldean or East Syrian liturgical tradition:

• Chaldean Catholic Church

• Syro-Malabar Church http://www.smcim.org/

Byzantine (Constantinopolitan) liturgical tradition:

http://www.byzcath.org/index.php?option=com_conten...

• Albanian Byzantine Catholic Church

• Belarusian Greek Catholic Church

• Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church

• Byzantine Church of the Eparchy of Križevci

• Greek Byzantine Catholic Church

• Hungarian Greek Catholic Church

• Italo-Albanian Catholic Church

• Macedonian Greek Catholic Church

• Melkite Greek Catholic Church http://www.pgc-lb.org/english/index.shtml

• Romanian Church

• Russian Byzantine Catholic Church

• Ruthenian Catholic Church

• Slovak Greek Catholic Church

• Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

Now into this beautiful mix of many cultures and traditions (but one shared doctrine), something like the Anglican Catholic Church will arise. Here is Pope Benedict's new Apostolic Constitution Anglicanorum Coetibus: http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/apo...

Even Anglican primate Archbishop Rowan Williams wrote, “in the light of recent discussions with senior officials in the Vatican, I can say that this new possibility is in no sense at all intended to undermine existing relations between our two communions or to be an act of proselytism or aggression. It is described as simply a response to specific enquiries from certain Anglican groups and individuals wishing to find their future within the Roman Catholic Church.” http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=17440

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13121a.htm

With love in Christ.

1) A wet t-shirt contest in which each church enters its most effeminate clergy member. Whoever is chosen the least hetero, his church prevails in the doctrine debate.

2) Texas-Hold-Em tournament at Caesars between Benedict and Rooney. Winner take all.

3) Spelling bee format, but the actual test is punchlines to filthy jokes. Live TV from the Vatican. Winner take all.

4) Leg wrestling match between the most butch sister / nun from each religion. 3 out of 5 winner take all.

5) Survivor Vatican City. 10 members on each team. No one knows anyone else's religion. No one can discuss religion at anytime. (Not that any members would have much to talk about since each religion's members know very little about their belief system. Winner take all.

No-one can be Catholic without accepting Catholic teaching. You are misinformed. In any case, the only way Christian unity can be restored is for those who have left the true Church to return to it.

PAULCYP:

"You are misinformed. In any case, the only way Christian unity can be restored is for those who have left the true Church to return to it."

It is precisely that attitude on the part of Catholics which guarantees that reunification will never happen.

how can someone be part of a church if they don't comply with that church's specific doctrine? it's like being part of a fishing club but refusing to fish or do anything fishing related...

Make the Queen of England the Pope.

Both sides have to come together in a spirit of resolution.

Each one will ultimately have to choose what he will follow.......man's tradition OR God's Word.

declare both religions null and void, defunct the establishment and donate all the riches they have to poor nations

their differences will be settled on the Day of Judgement