In the splendour of the Church of Santa Maria Sopa Minerva, Rome, the Very Revd David Richardson, former Dean of Melbourne, (Australia) was installed and blessed as the new Director of the Anglican Centre in Rome (ACR) on 7 May 2008. He also will serve as the Archbishop of Canterbury’s personal representative to the Holy See (The Vatican and the Pope). The use of this church, where the sacred remains of St Catherine of Siena rest, is the titular church of Cardinal Cormac Murphy O’Connor of Westminster, and was offered to the Anglicans for this special service.
I would love to know what the ABC said in warning about “fearful exclusion.” Was he addressing Rome, the Anglican Communion or Cardinal O’Connor’s recent remarks about choosing sides, (Protestant or Anglican)?
The last line of the story indicating that another Cardinal (Dias?) will be a keynote speaker at Lambeth in addition to the previously announced Cardinal O’Connor also makes me wonder what’s up for a meeting that is being billed as giant listening party.
It was Cardinal Kasper who made the remarks about choosing between Catholicism and Protestantism.
I’ll be interested to read Cardinal Dias’ speech.