Petition For Unity With The Holy See
On May 15, 2009, the Anglo-Lutheran Catholic Church officially filed a formal petition to enter the Roman Catholic Church "as a unified body" in whichever form the Pope and the Curia decides is the most appropriate. The ALCC's petition was filed with the Council for Promoting Christian Unity, and is now before the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. It is a separate petition from that of the Traditional Anglican Communion.
On February 21, 2011, it became public that Catholic authorities in Rome have invited the Anglo-Lutheran Catholic Church to join the Catholic Church through the provisions of Anglicanorum Coetibus and that the ALCC has officially and unconditionally accepted that invitation. However, later developments on limitations of joining the ordinariate caused the ALCC to hold on their offer while they establish intercommunion with groups like the Old Roman Catholic Church of North America
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