"The dialogue between Anglicans and Roman Catholics is only one stream in the wider river of ecumenical dialogue. The issue of authority comes up sooner or later, in one form or another, in every dialogue which addresses itself seriously to the questions of communion and unity," the Rt Rev Mark Santer, Bishop of Birmingham and previous Co-Chairman of ARCIC (the Anglican and Roman Catholic International Commission, said.
21 September 1999
The following communique was issued at the recent ARCIC meeting in Canada
13 September 1999
The Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC) met from 26 August to 2 September at the Queen of Apostles Renewal Centre, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
02 September 1999
It is with profound sorrow that I have learnt of the death of His Holiness Karekin 1, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians of the Holy See of Etchmiadzin. On behalf of the Churches of the Anglican Communion I offer condolences to the faithful of the Churches of Etchmiadzin and Cilicia and to Armenian Christians everywhere.
30 June 1999
It is with regret and a deep sense of loss that the World Council of Churches (WCC) shares the news that His Holiness Karekin I, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians of the Holy See of Etchmiadzin, Armenia, died yesterday at the age of 66.
30 June 1999
At a press briefing in Westminster Abbey, London, today, the co-chairmen of the Anglican Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC), the Rt Revd Mark Santer (Anglican) and the Rt Revd Cormac Murphy-O'Connor (Roman Catholic), launched the document "The Gift of Authority", the latest in study documents issued by 18 members of the Commission.
12 May 1999
I am most grateful to the Archbishop of Canterbury for graciously inviting me to preach at this Ecumenical Vespers service as the Lambeth Conference gets under way
22 July 1998
A top official of the Roman Catholic church has offered a positive but cautionary assessment of the relationship between the Anglican and Roman Catholic churches, according to ecumenical consultants assisting at the Lambeth Conference.
21 July 1998
Fire from a paschal candle lit one small taper, and the light spread from that to another, and yet another, until the gloom in the darkened hall was brightened by their glow
21 July 1998
(ENI) The heads of more than 330 Protestant, Anglican and Orthodox churches which are members of the World Council of Churches are to be invited to the Zimbabwean capital of Harare in December for a service of recommitment to mark the 50th anniversary of the foundation in 1948 of the WCC.
11 May 1998