Friday, November 3, 2017

Pope meets Welby as new director of Anglican Centre in Rome installed

From The Church Times-

THE Archbishop of Canterbury had a private audience with Pope Francis in the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican last Friday, when he introduced his new Representative to the Holy See and Director of the Anglican Centre, the Most Revd Bernard Ntahoturi, formerly Primate of Burundi, and they discussed their concerns.

In a rare move, the Pope invited the two Anglican archbishops and their wives to lunch in his Santa Marta residence, where the conversation continued for more than an hour and a half.

Afterwards, Archbishop Welby described the encounter, his fourth official meeting with the Pope, as “full of meaning, but also full of joy, a good deal of laughter, very relaxed but very thoughtful”.

He said that they discussed areas of conflict and human trafficking, as well as how to face challenges and divisions within their own Churches. “You can’t be paralysed by disagreements,” Archbishop Welby said. “We have to see the call of Christ to be united in the service of the poor.”


More here-

https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2017/3-november/news/world/new-director-of-anglican-centre-in-rome-installed

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