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Archbishop and Pope hold cordial talks

Christian Today (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

The Archbishop of Canterbury met Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican today to discuss relations between the Anglican and Roman Catholic Churches

ROME: Archbishop of Canterbury and Pope to 'seek closer ties'

VirtueOnline (Free subscription) | yesterday

ROME: Archbishop of Canterbury and Pope to 'seek closer ties' The Pope and the Archbishop of Canterbury held "cordial" talks http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/uk_news/8371807.stm November 21, 2009 The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Pope agreed to seek closer relations between Anglicans and Catholics at a meeting in Rome, the Vatican has said. It follows tensions over the Vatican's...

Archbishop and Pope meet for cordial talks

Christian Today (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

The Archbishop of Canterbury met Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican today to discuss relations between the Anglican and Roman Catholic Churches

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Vatican talks struggle to find unity

BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday

The BBC's Robert Pigott analyses the big meeting between the Archbishop of Canterbury and Pope Benedict, after his offer to disillusioned Anglicans.

Pope, Anglican leader agree need for closer ties

Reuters UK (Free subscription) | yesterday

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The archbishop of Canterbury and Pope Benedict agreed the need for closer ties between their churches on Saturday, in their first meeting since last month's surprise Vatican offer to disaffected Anglicans.

Williams faces pope over Vatican call for converts

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

Archbishop protests at Catholic church's shock invitation to Anglicans during visit to Rome The archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, took the highly unusual step yesterday of protesting personally to the pope about his shock announcement last month of special arrangements for the mass conversion to Catholicism of disillusioned, traditionalist Anglicans. A spokeswoman for Lambeth Palace said...

Archbishop of Canterbury and Pope Benedict XVI share 'cordial' talks

The Telegraph (Free subscription) | yesterday

The Archbishop of Canterbury and Pope Benedict XVI took significant steps on Saturday to heal the rift between their respective faiths.

Rowan Williams – Defender of the Faith

Archbishop Cranmer (Free subscription) | yesterday

Cranmer never thought he would write that, but credit where it’s due. The Archbishop of Canterbury appears to have (re-)discovered a (slight) Protestant streak, even if his rebuke to Pope Benedict was cushioned with ecumenical pleasantries, concealed by conciliatory overtures and couched in some of his trademark dense theological verbiage. His speech/lecture/sermon/six theses , that he nailed...

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‘Cordial Discussions’ for Pope and Anglican Leader

New York Times (Free subscription) | yesterday

The archbishop of Canterbury held his first talks with Pope Benedict XVI since the Roman Catholic church’s unprecedented invitation to disaffected Anglicans.

Vatican tries to woo back the art world

BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday

Pope Benedict tries to bridge the gulf between Catholicism and the arts by gathering 250 of the world's leading artists, musicians, architects and sculptors at the Sistine Chapel.

Pope Benedict and Archbishop of Canterbury Meet

Opinionated Catholic (Free subscription) | yesterday

More on this later. The very short joint statement is here

Pope meets with Anglican head over Vatican overtures

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday

Rome - Pope Benedict XVI met with the head of the Anglican Church, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, on Saturday in Rome to discuss the Catholic Church's overtures to Anglicans. In their cordial talks in the Vatican, Williams and Benedict sp...

Pope, Anglican leader discuss their flocks

MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago

After offering a home in his church to disaffected Anglicans, Pope Benedict XVI assures the archbishop of Canterbury that he is still committed to seeking closer ties between Catholics and Anglicans.

Pope Benedict Meets Artists from Around the World in the Sistine Chapel

Artdaily (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

VATICAN CITY (REUTERS).- Pope Benedict met artists from around the world in the Sistine Chapel on Saturday and urged them to inject spirituality into their work, saying contemporary beauty was often "illusory and deceitful." The Pope told the gathering of hundreds of painters, sculptors, architects, poets and directors, held beneath the vaulted ceiling of the chapel painted by Michelangelo,...

Pope and Anglican leader agree on closer relations

Boston Herald (Free subscription) | yesterday

VATICAN CITY - The archbishop of Canterbury held his first talks Saturday with Pope Benedict XVI since the Roman Catholic church's unprecedented invitation to disaffected...