Anglican Priestess Simulates Service in Catholic Basilica

The Catholic St Vincent College in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, which belongs to the local Benedictines, "allowed" a group of Anglicans, including women, to simulate invalid Anglican services inside their basilica and chapels.

They were representatives of the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA), a splinter group which broke away from mainstream Anglicanism in 2009 to protest homosexual "blessings" and female "bishops".

The gathering was their annual provincial assembly (June 25-28). It elected a new leader, layman Steve Wood, who holds the title of "archbishop". Wood is a supporter of women clergy.

A spokesman for the Diocese of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, told LifeSiteNews.com (August 30) that Bishop Larry Kulick, 58, had nothing to do with the event. The Benedictines of the St Vicent College did not respond to requests for comment.

Already in 2014, the Anglican group used the St Vincent College for its assembly.

In January, Francis "allowed" the English Anglican layman Justin Welby, who holds the title of 'Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury', to stage a Eucharistic simulation in the Basilica of St Bartholomew in Rome.

In February, Francis invited an female Anglican "bishop" to address him and the Council of Cardinals on women deacons.

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