On the morning of December 12, President Claudia Sheinbaum spoke by phone with Pope Leo XIV Photo: Claudia Sheinbaum (X)

One-third of Catholic clergy in the United Kingdom are Anglican converts: the surprising revelations of an investigation

The researchers note that in an average year the movement is measured not in crowds—typically up to eleven Anglican clergy received, and roughly the same number ordained. Still, the long-term arithmetic is striking. The authors estimate that around 700 Anglican clergy, religious, and even bishops from England, Wales, and Scotland have entered the Catholic Church since 1992