Pope Benedict XVI
The news today that the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, is to resign at the end of this month, has come as a shock to many. Those of us who have come into the fullness of Communion with the Catholic Church through the Ordinariate have particular reason to be grateful to him. His gesture in resigning the Papacy is as radical as it is humble: it shows how often people have been wrong in their judgement of a very remarkable Pope.
We give God thanks for Pope Benedict; we pray for him, and for the Cardinals meeting soon to elect our next Pontiff.
About Scott Anderson
Formerly an Anglican priest (ordained 1975) I was received into the Catholic Church in February 2012, and ordained to the Diaconate on 27th July 2013 and on 29th October 2013 was ordained to the priesthood by the Archbishop of Southwark Peter Smith. After a spell in London (Precious Blood, Borough) I became parish priest of Pont Rémy in the Diocese of Amiens, northern France.
I am deeply committed to the Ordinariate as a gift of the Holy Spirit in the search for unity. Like many Ordinariate members I feel a personal gratitude to the late Pope Benedict, together with loyalty to our Holy Father, Pope Leo. My blog tries to make a small contribution to the growth of the Ordinariate by asking questions (and proposing some answers) about the 'Anglican Patrimony'.
I shall be ever grateful for the years in France, a wonderful ending to the years of parish ministry. Back in the UK I am attached, very happily, to the parish of Holy Trinity, Dorchester (HTD) and help out where needed in the Catholic parishes of South Dorset.
