Underlying relations between the Roman Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion is the Christian duty to work towards unity.
The church word is “ecumenism” – describing the universal values and beliefs that all Christians share.
Forty years ago the Roman Catholic Church’s Second Vatican Council seemed to promise a greater readiness to meet other churches half way in achieving greater unity.
But Pope Benedict thinks the Council’s deliberations have been misinterpreted, and he wants to put a brake on the modernisation that has taken place in the Catholic Church in recent decades.
A liberal Catholic and historian of the Church, Michael Walsh, said the Pope’s invitation to Anglicans was part of this plan.
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BBC: Anglicans and Catholics attempt to bridge divide
Underlying relations between the Roman Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion is the Christian duty to work towards unity.
The church word is “ecumenism” – describing the universal values and beliefs that all Christians share.
Forty years ago the Roman Catholic Church’s Second Vatican Council seemed to promise a greater readiness to meet other churches half way in achieving greater unity.
But Pope Benedict thinks the Council’s deliberations have been misinterpreted, and he wants to put a brake on the modernisation that has taken place in the Catholic Church in recent decades.
A liberal Catholic and historian of the Church, Michael Walsh, said the Pope’s invitation to Anglicans was part of this plan.
Read it all.