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Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission meets in Strasbourg

The Anglican–Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC III) has held its annual plenary meeting this month in Strasbourg, France.

28 May 2024

A look ahead at 2020 for the Anglican Communion Office

A short summary of the plans for 2020 from the Anglican Communion Office, including the Lambeth Conference in Canterbury this summer.

07 January 2020

Groundbreaking document released on how Anglicans and Roman Catholics can learn from each other

Statement by commission for dialogue between Roman Catholic and Anglican churches seen as "important step" on pilgrimage towards fuller unity in Christ.

04 July 2018

Joint Anglican-Roman Catholic delegation visits Malawi to celebrate ecumenical school scholarship

A joint Anglican-Roman Catholic delegation visited southern Malawi last week to celebrate the success of an ecumenical scholarship.

31 May 2018

Informal group of Anglican – Roman Catholic theologians discusses “new layers of unity”

An officially-sanctioned dialogue between Anglican and Roman Catholic theologians discussed “the difficult question of Anglican Orders.”

01 May 2018

"Sons and Daughters of Benedict:" in conversation with two ecumenists

In Conversation : The Director of Unity, Faith and Order of the Anglican Communion, Canon John Gibaut and Benedictine monk and leading Roman Catholic Biblical scholar, Fr Henry Wansbrough.

01 September 2017

Anglicans and Roman Catholics agree statement on ecclesiology

Members of the third-phase of the Anglican - Roman Catholic International Commission (Arcic) have agreed a statement on ecclesiology

30 May 2017

Anglican-Catholic dialogue hammering out the "tough difficulties"

After nearly 50 years of discourse between the Catholic and Anglican communions, the official dialogue body wants to fine-tune how it studies the differences and similarities between two churches which both call themselves catholic.

18 May 2016

Reaping the benefits of Anglican - Roman Catholic talks

About 23 years ago, says Archbishop David Moxon, formerly of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia, he and the local Roman Catholic bishop made an agreement that still makes him feel hopeful. The two church heads decided to share the rite of imposition of ashes on Ash Wednesday – a tradition that continues in New Zealand today.

16 May 2016

Reformation and unity in ACC's ecumenical resolutions

A call for Anglicans to commemorate next year’s 500th anniversary of the Reformation and the commendation of a number of new inter-denominational agreements and reports were amongst a raft of ecumenical resolutions adopted by the Anglican Consultative Council when they met in Lusaka, Zambia, earlier this month.

26 April 2016