In a visit to Rome, Dr Rowan Williams expressed his concerns to the Pope over the Vatican’s recent offer to welcome disaffected Anglicans into the Catholic fold.
The two religious leaders held a private meeting in the Pope’ study, after which the Vatican released a statement saying the discussions had been “cordial”.
A statement released by the Vatican said they “turned to the challenges facing all Christian communities at the beginning of this millennium, and to the need to promote forms of collaboration and shared witness in facing these challenges”.
It added that the discussions “focused on recent events affecting relations between the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion”.
The “Awkward Archbishop:
The article linked above was the first snap off the Telegraph at 4:47 GMT and is rather short. [url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/6624661/Archbishop-of-Canterbury-tells-Pope-that-Catholic-row-left-him-feeling-awkward.html]This one[/url] at 6:42 GMT is longer and a lot more interesting. It includes material from +RDW’s post-meeting interview on Vatican Radio.