From The Church Times-
THE Archbishop of Westminster, the Most Revd Vincent Nichols, has said that the Pope will not be “fishing” for Anglicans when he comes to Britain next week.
Pope Benedict XVI will meet the Archbishop of Canterbury next week during the first state visit by a pope to the UK, and the first papal visit for 28 years.
Archbishop Nichols told the BBC that there were “delicate and difficult issues” between his Church and the Church of England. But there would be no “harsh words” between the two church leaders during next week’s visit. The Pope’s creation of an Or dinariate for those who chose to leave the Anglican Church was made only in response to repeated re quests.
“Sometimes, people want to say, ‘Oh, this is the initiative of the Pope, who is going fishing for Anglicans.’ That is not true. He is responding to requests that he has received, and those requests we have to handle sensitively on both sides. There are delicate, difficult issues between our two Churches at the moment.”
During next week’s visit, the Pope is expected to shake hands with a female Anglican cleric for the first time. He will be greeted at West minster Abbey by its Steward, Canon Jane Hedges, a prominent cam paigner for women bishops.
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http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/content.asp?id=100309
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