Worldwide Communion of Catholic Apostolic Churches

The Worldwide Communion of Catholic Apostolic Churches (WCCAC) – Spanish: Comunión de Iglesias Católicas Apostólicas Mundiales (CICAM) was an attempt to create an association of independent Catholic Churches connected to the Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church (ICAB); WCCAC was founded around 2008 in Guatemala.[1] In spite of its ambitious aims, there is no independent evidence of any recent activity of this organization, which seems to have stalled.[2]

Worldwide Communion of Catholic Apostolic Churches
AbbreviationWCCAC
Formation17 August 2008 (2008-08-17)
FounderLuis Fernando Castillo Méndez
Founded atSan Lucas Sacatepéquez, Guatemala
TypeUnion of Independent Catholic Churches
HeadquartersUnknown
Membership
Unknown
President
Unknown
Dom Luis Fernando Castillo Méndez, patriarch of WCCAC

Organization and Beliefs

WCCAC adhered to a conventional Catholic Christian faith, though with openness to other beliefs that do not contradict the Catholic faith.[1][3] Similarly, the WCCAC understanding of church structure and hierarchy, sacraments, and holy orders essentially did not differ from conventional Catholicism, but dissolution of marriage by a bishop was allowed.[4] The founding bishops' statement added that "We do not accept any ordination of women into the Holy Orders (...). We do not allow any homosexual clergy in any communion churches."[5] WCCAC was intended to be governed by an International Bishops Council. For organizational purposes, the Communion had a Board of Directors, an Honorary Advisory Committee, and an Executive Secretariat. The International Bishops Council aimed to meet every two years. The council of the communion formed at San Lucas Sacatepéquez, Guatemala, August 12–18, 2008.

Member churches were formed in different nations, presided over by bishops. WCCAC members are thought to have included:

Inactivity

There is no independently verifiable evidence of significant activity of WCCAC in recent years, and it could be presumed to have terminated: "ICAB [WCCAC's mother church] has had difficulty in maintaining the unity and continuity of its worldwide communion of branches. (...) [The] priorities of each branch do not always seem to be in harmony (...) and it becomes difficult at times to see what the point of having an international communion is supposed to be. In ICAB’s defense, perhaps, it cannot be easy to hold breakaway groups in a communion, however loose a communion it may be – it is almost a direct contradiction in terms."[2]

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References
  1. "Fundación de CICAM". icergua.org. August 2008. Archived from the original on 2015-10-11. Retrieved 2015-10-21.
  2. Jarvis, Edward. God, Land & Freedom, the true story of ICAB, Apocryphile Press, Berkeley CA, 2018, pp 164-165
  3. Worldwide Communion of Catholic Apostolic Churches (WCCAC) constitution, Article 2
  4. WCCAC Const. Articles 3, 4, 5, 6, 8
  5. CICAM-WCCAC, Mexican National Catholic Church http://www.mncc.net/cicam-wccac.html accessed 15 August 2019
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