Pope to meet with Archbishop of Canterbury later this year

Published: 2006-03-24

LONDON (CNS) -- Pope Benedict XVI will meet the head of the worldwide Anglican Communion later this year to discuss relations between the two faiths. The visit, which will take place on an unspecified date in the fall, was announced March 23 by Anglican Archbishop Rowan Williams of Canterbury, spiritual head of the Anglican church. The visit will mark the 40th anniversary of the 1966 meeting between Pope Paul VI and Anglican Archbishop Michael Ramsey of Canterbury; Archbishop Williams wears the ring Pope Paul gave Archbishop Ramsey. The meeting also coincides with the founding of The Anglican Centre in Rome the same year. It will be the second time Archbishop Williams has met Pope Benedict; the two greeted each other the day after the pope's inaugural Mass, which he also attended. "I am very much looking forward to the visit and especially to meeting Pope Benedict once again," Archbishop Williams said March 23.

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