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Authority is key issue in ecumenism.

Publication: National Catholic Reporter
Publication Date: 27-MAY-05 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Authority is key issue in ecumenism.(COLUMN)

Article Excerpt
Because then-Cardinal Ratzinger was such a public figure, reactions to his election as Pope Benedict XVI ranged from elation to concern, depending upon one's perspective. One quarter in which there was some initial concern was in ecumenical circles, although the new pope's repeated expressions of commitment to ecumenism have done much to reassure those anxieties.

Among Anglicans, the presence of the archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, at both the funeral of Pope John Paul 11 and the inaugural Mass of Pope Benedict XVI was a powerful signal of the distance traveled in Anglican-Catholic relations. The funeral Mass witnessed the remarkable gathering of the archbishop of Canterbury, the British prime minister, and the heir to the British...

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