[On Vatican II] Sometimes of course, yes, I feel that disappointment. But on the other hand, I look back at the ”˜60s and remember, of course, we believed anything was possible in the ”˜60s, whether in church, or in politics, or in international relations. There was a certain haste and a certain naivety about all that…The gain in terms of simply understanding ourselves as in some way belonging together, that’s irreversible. Of course, it would’ve been wonderful if we’d been able to take rather more steps towards something really visible, really concrete, in terms of mutual recognition.
But both the Roman Catholic and the Anglican families have changed, have developed in that period, in ways that have sometimes made that more difficult, and that’s reality. We don’t, when we change, always wait for one another. That’s a fact of our community life, I think.
The audio was posted earlier, but a bunch of you either can’t or didn’t listen, please take the time to read it all. [/i]
The full transcript of Archbishop Rowan Williams' interview with Vatican Radio is now available
[On Vatican II] Sometimes of course, yes, I feel that disappointment. But on the other hand, I look back at the ”˜60s and remember, of course, we believed anything was possible in the ”˜60s, whether in church, or in politics, or in international relations. There was a certain haste and a certain naivety about all that…The gain in terms of simply understanding ourselves as in some way belonging together, that’s irreversible. Of course, it would’ve been wonderful if we’d been able to take rather more steps towards something really visible, really concrete, in terms of mutual recognition.
But both the Roman Catholic and the Anglican families have changed, have developed in that period, in ways that have sometimes made that more difficult, and that’s reality. We don’t, when we change, always wait for one another. That’s a fact of our community life, I think.
The audio was posted earlier, but a bunch of you either can’t or didn’t listen, please take the time to read it all. [/i]