Former Anglican bishop Andrew Burnham talks about the car journey to Rome that inspired the world’s first ordinariate
A mother church and unique prayer books will accompany the structure set up this week
Archbishop says Catholics in England and Wales are ‘privileged’ to be part of such a unique moment in Church history
Fr Marcus Stock, general secretary of the bishops’ conference, confirms ordinariate will be formally created this week
As an ordinariate looks set to be established by next week, the debate about married priests reopens
The Catholic Herald predicts the big stories of 2011
The speed of the operation is possible because of the Pope’s personal knowledge of those involved
Andrew Burnham, John Broadhurst and Keith Newton will be ordained deacons on January 13 and become priests two days later
Ceremony at Westminster Cathedral paves way for ordinariate
Some senior Anglicans wish they could strangle the ordinariate at birth
But they cannot: this is an idea whose time has come