The ordination of women and \u201cmore recent questions regarding human sexuality\u201d\u009d are serious obstacles in the path to unity between Anglicans and Roman Catholics; but they \u201ccannot prevent us from recognising one another as brothers and sisters in Christ\u201d\u009d, Pope Francis and the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, said in a Common Declaration.<\/p>\n
Speaking of the meeting between Pope Paul VI and Archbishop of Canterbury Michael Ramsey in 1966 \u201d\u201c the first such public meeting of a Pope and Archbishop of Canterbury since the Reformation \u201d\u201c and their Common Declaration, Pope Francis and Archbishop Welby said that their predecessors had \u201crecognised the \u201d\u02dcserious obstacles\u2019 that stood in the way of a restoration of complete faith and sacramental life between us. Nevertheless, they set out undeterred, not knowing what steps could be taken along the way, but in fidelity to the Lord\u2019s prayer that his disciples be one.<\/p>\n