05 January 2023, The Tablet

When Benedict met the future Ordinary of the Ordinariate for the first time

by Keith Newton

'For a surreal few minutes we discussed the beauty of Anglican Evensong'

When Benedict met the future Ordinary of the Ordinariate for the first time

Monsignor Keith Newton, Ordinary of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham, gives the homily during Mass at the Altar of St. Joseph in St. Peter’s Basilica in 2012.
Catholic News Agency

 
When the head of the newly established Ordinariate Keith Newton met Pope Benedict he asked him to bless the rosary of his recently born first grandchild.
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