VATICAN CITY, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- Pope Benedict XVI has approved allowing Anglican groups to join the Catholic Church while keeping parts of their own worship, a Vatican official said Tuesday.
Cardinal William Levada announced the new Apostolic Constitution at a news conference at the Vatican, the Catholic News Agency reported. He said it "provides a reasonable and even necessary response to a world-wide phenomenon" of Anglicans dissatisfied with the acceptance of sexually active gay priests by some churches in the Anglican Communion.