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Pope Benedict's invitation to the Anglicans is ridiculous - Bp Dr. Stephen Vattappara
“It is unbecoming of the propriety containing a Christian hierarchy such as Pope to take stock of a situation arose in another Church by inviting them to join his Church and that too to remain there in a lower status, where as the right thing for him would have been to appeal for correction of any erroneous action if he deem so“,  said Arch Bishop Dr. Stephen Vattappara, the Metropolitan of the Anglican Church of India (ACI), in Philadelphia, USA, while addressing a meeting of the Anglican Academy of Religious Studies (AARA), of which the Metropolitan serves as the Chairman.

The Pope and the Roman Catholic Church has no moral grounds to allege sins against the Anglican Church, while it itself had immersed in scandals of similar sins which the Christian World has never forgotten“, Dr. Vattappara added.

The Metropolitan further added, “The action of one Episcopal (Anglican) Diocese in USA, which elected a gay as Bishop, was condemned by the true Anglicans all over the world including ACI.

Roman Church cannot blame ordaining Women Bishops where as that Church worship and pray to the mother of Jesus Christ.

ACI opposes both the actions of the Episcopal Church as well as the hypocritical stand of the Roman Church.

The treating promised and the titles prescribed as ‘Ordinary‘ to the believers and Bishops respectively are a denigration of the Anglican Church and Bishops as a whole; It is unethical, unchristian and indecent.

The stature of the position of the Pope is lowered by the improper and indecent invitation of Pope Benedict".

"The action of the Roman Church is ridiculous and all True Anglicans will reject the appeal. First let them set their house in order", the Metropolitan added.