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Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Queen Elizabeth Reaches Out To Catholic Church
Yesterday AHN reported the Britain's Queen Elizabeth has moved to lessen centuries of tensions between the British Royal Family and the Catholic Church. Last month the queen granted permission for her cousin, Lord Nicholas Windsor, who is a convert to Catholicism, to marry at the Vatican in Rome. The wedding will be performed by a former Anglican vicar who converted to Catholicism in protest of ordination of women. Lord Nicholas is the first member of the British Royal Family in 400 years to marry in Rome. Queen Elizabeth also agreed to attend a reception for the newly-married Catholic couple to be held in Britain in January.