In the wake of Pope Benedict XVI’s special provisions for Anglicans who want to leave Archbishop Williams’ flock and join the Roman Catholic Church, his assessment of Catholic-Anglican relations seemed to surprise some people in the audience when he spoke in Rome Nov. 19.
But people seemed less surprised when his remarks about what the next steps in ecumenical dialogue should be included several blunt challenges to the Catholic leadership and its theologians.
Anglicans and Roman Catholics — indeed, all Christians engaged in ecumenical dialogue over the last 40 years — really need to ask themselves if the doctrines and practices still dividing them are anywhere near as important as the essential dogmas they share, he said the evening before beginning a series of meetings with Vatican officials and with Pope Benedict.
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CNS–Glass half full: Anglican leader, Vatican official assess ecumenism
In the wake of Pope Benedict XVI’s special provisions for Anglicans who want to leave Archbishop Williams’ flock and join the Roman Catholic Church, his assessment of Catholic-Anglican relations seemed to surprise some people in the audience when he spoke in Rome Nov. 19.
But people seemed less surprised when his remarks about what the next steps in ecumenical dialogue should be included several blunt challenges to the Catholic leadership and its theologians.
Anglicans and Roman Catholics — indeed, all Christians engaged in ecumenical dialogue over the last 40 years — really need to ask themselves if the doctrines and practices still dividing them are anywhere near as important as the essential dogmas they share, he said the evening before beginning a series of meetings with Vatican officials and with Pope Benedict.
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