// Drawing from Anglican patrimony, the ordinary oversees the personal ordinariate in conjunction with a deliberative governing council, composed of priests and exercising significant powers, which exceed those of a typical diocesan presbyteral council. For example, the ordinary needs to secure the governing council’s agreement to admit a candidate to Holy Orders.
The governing council also has an important role in leadership changes. It can present the pope with a terna, or list of three candidates, when there is a vacancy for the role of ordinary. //
I may have missed it, but I don't remember reading why this change is happening now. So I asked Perplexity, which answered, giving sixteen references for its research:
According to the search results, the principal reason given for the resignation of Monsignor Keith Newton as Ordinary of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham is his age. The key points are:
- Newton resigned at the age of 72.[1][2][3]
- Pope Francis accepted Newton's resignation from his pastoral responsibility for the Ordinariate.[1][2]
- No other specific reasons beyond his age are mentioned for Newton's resignation as head of the British ordinariate for former Anglicans who joined the Catholic Church.[1][3]
- The search results state that it is typical for bishops and ordinaries to retire around that age.[1][3]
While some results provide additional context about Newton's tenure and the process of selecting his successor David Waller, they do not cite any other principal reasons besides Newton's age of 72 for his resignation being accepted by Pope Francis.[1][2][5][6]
"..........it provided a structure within the Catholic Church for groups of former Anglicans who wished to preserve elements of their heritage." Then why in the name of all that's holy is the Tridentine Mass so persecuted?
They don't want anyone asking this question! It is also a clear refutation (along with e.g. the Zaire Use") to the idea that there is a "unique Roman rite".
> Then why in the name of all that's holy is the Tridentine Mass so persecuted?
The enemy dislikes Latin (this is what I hear from people who seem like they know what they are talking about) and I don't think that is anything like the entire reason but it might be a wee small thumb on the scale.
I don't think the enemy cares much about Latin either way. I've heard an exorcist comparing the new Rite exorcisms and the old ones, and he said the old ones were more efficacious than the new, even if the new ones were said in Latin and the old in a good English translation. It's about what the actual prayers asked for and how they asked it.
The trouble is that the Tridentine Mass preserves and passes on Tradition, which contains Divine Revelation, which the enemy absolutely detests, and it does it to far more people than the Anglican Use and most of the Eastern Churches combined (I suspect more than all of them combined if you count the diocesan Masses and SSPX and not just FSSP and ICKSP). It's worldwide and it's growing, and it's affecting people who don't even assist at it. That combination makes it a major threat.
What's more, the last round of suppression of the TLM produced a lot of angry, wounded people who did and said a lot of uncharitable, hurtful things. When a trick works well once, why not try it again?
// Drawing from Anglican patrimony, the ordinary oversees the personal ordinariate in conjunction with a deliberative governing council, composed of priests and exercising significant powers, which exceed those of a typical diocesan presbyteral council. For example, the ordinary needs to secure the governing council’s agreement to admit a candidate to Holy Orders.
The governing council also has an important role in leadership changes. It can present the pope with a terna, or list of three candidates, when there is a vacancy for the role of ordinary. //
I may have missed it, but I don't remember reading why this change is happening now. So I asked Perplexity, which answered, giving sixteen references for its research:
According to the search results, the principal reason given for the resignation of Monsignor Keith Newton as Ordinary of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham is his age. The key points are:
- Newton resigned at the age of 72.[1][2][3]
- Pope Francis accepted Newton's resignation from his pastoral responsibility for the Ordinariate.[1][2]
- No other specific reasons beyond his age are mentioned for Newton's resignation as head of the British ordinariate for former Anglicans who joined the Catholic Church.[1][3]
- The search results state that it is typical for bishops and ordinaries to retire around that age.[1][3]
While some results provide additional context about Newton's tenure and the process of selecting his successor David Waller, they do not cite any other principal reasons besides Newton's age of 72 for his resignation being accepted by Pope Francis.[1][2][5][6]
Citations:
[1] https://catholicherald.co.uk/momentous-day-for-ordinariate-of-our-lady-of-walsingham-as-it-gets-first-bishop-ordinary/
[2] https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2024/04/29/240429b.html
[3] https://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=62118
[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_Ordinariate_of_Our_Lady_of_Walsingham
[5] https://www.cathstan.org/faith-2/pope-francis-appoints-first-catholic-bishop-with-anglican-heritage-for-uk-ordinariate
[6] https://www.cbcew.org.uk/new-bishop-ordinary-for-the-ordinariate/
[7] https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-keith-newton-1165687.html
[8] https://actualidadereligiosa.pt/blog/2024/04/30/2016-interview-with-msgr-keith-newton/
[9] https://www.cbcew.org.uk/keith-newton/
[10] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Newton_%28prelate%29
[11] https://twitter.com/LukeCoppen/status/1784886948433162356
[12] https://aleteia.org/2024/04/30/1st-bishop-for-catholics-of-anglican-origin-in-uk
[13] http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamPlyrsBios/PlayersN/BioNewtonKR.html
[14] https://www.transfermarkt.com/keith-newton/profil/spieler/177223
[15] https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/6151137.fans-grief-keith-newton-dies-56/
[16] https://www.catholic.org/news/international/europe/story.php?id=40911
"..........it provided a structure within the Catholic Church for groups of former Anglicans who wished to preserve elements of their heritage." Then why in the name of all that's holy is the Tridentine Mass so persecuted?
They don't want anyone asking this question! It is also a clear refutation (along with e.g. the Zaire Use") to the idea that there is a "unique Roman rite".
https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/vigano-charged-with-schism-calls
> Then why in the name of all that's holy is the Tridentine Mass so persecuted?
The enemy dislikes Latin (this is what I hear from people who seem like they know what they are talking about) and I don't think that is anything like the entire reason but it might be a wee small thumb on the scale.
I don't think the enemy cares much about Latin either way. I've heard an exorcist comparing the new Rite exorcisms and the old ones, and he said the old ones were more efficacious than the new, even if the new ones were said in Latin and the old in a good English translation. It's about what the actual prayers asked for and how they asked it.
The trouble is that the Tridentine Mass preserves and passes on Tradition, which contains Divine Revelation, which the enemy absolutely detests, and it does it to far more people than the Anglican Use and most of the Eastern Churches combined (I suspect more than all of them combined if you count the diocesan Masses and SSPX and not just FSSP and ICKSP). It's worldwide and it's growing, and it's affecting people who don't even assist at it. That combination makes it a major threat.
What's more, the last round of suppression of the TLM produced a lot of angry, wounded people who did and said a lot of uncharitable, hurtful things. When a trick works well once, why not try it again?
Do we know whether the ordination liturgy itself will be carried out according to the typical Roman books or will an ordinariate pontificale be used?