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(SCMP) Pope to pray with Anglican chief for first time in 500 years

Posted on October 4, 2016 by Kendall Harmon

The Pope and the head of the Church of England will say prayers together for the first time since England’s break from Rome gave rise to the Anglican church, the Vatican announced Monday.
The historic and hugely symbolic move will come on Wednesday at vespers, or evening prayers, in the ancient church of San Gregorio al Celio in the Italian capital.
It will be the first time a pontiff has joined with an Archbishop of Canterbury in joint public prayer since the schism in 1534 was triggered by English monarch Henry VIII’s clash with Rome.

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2 comments on “(SCMP) Pope to pray with Anglican chief for first time in 500 years”

  1. Adam 12 says:
    October 4, 2016 at 2:35 pm

    I guess I question the premis of this. Wasn’t Benedict at Westminster Abbey? And who is it who is declaring it hugely symbolic, and why don’t they have a face?

  2. Terry Tee says:
    October 5, 2016 at 3:52 am

    And for that matter, Pope John Paul II was at Canterbury Cathedral. I suppose that to stretch a point you could say that they did not co-preside at the liturgy – but surely both leaders prayed. This claim looks to me like nonsense.