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   COMMUNIQUE ON POPE'S MEETING WITH ANGLICAN PRIMATE   
      
   VATICAN CITY, 17 SEP 2010 (VIS) - Given below is the text of a joint English-   
   language communique concerning this evening's meeting in Lambeth Palace between   
   Benedict XVI and Archbishop Rowan William of Canterbury.   
      
   "Fifty years after the first meeting of a Pope and an Archbishop of Canterbury   
   in modern times - that of Pope John XXIII and Archbishop Geoffrey Fisher, in   
   December 1960 - Pope Benedict XVI paid a fraternal visit to Archbishop Rowan   
   Williams.   
      
   "In the first part of their meeting they both addressed the Anglican and Roman   
   Catholic diocesan bishops of England, Scotland and Wales, in the Great Hall of   
   the archbishop's library, before moving to a private meeting.   
      
   "In the course of their private conversation, they addressed many of the issues   
   of mutual concern to Anglicans and Roman Catholics. They affirmed the need to   
   proclaim the Gospel message of salvation in Jesus Christ, both in a reasoned   
   and convincing way in the contemporary context of profound cultural and social   
   transformation, and in lives of holiness and transparency to God. They agreed   
   on the importance of improving ecumenical relations and continuing theological   
   dialogue in the face of new challenges to unity from within the Christian   
   community and beyond it.   
      
   "The Holy Father and the Archbishop reaffirmed the importance of continuing   
   theological dialogue on the notion of the Church as communion, local and   
   universal, and the implications of this concept for the discernment of ethical   
   teaching.   
      
   "They reflected together on the serious and difficult situation of Christians   
   in the Middle East, and called upon all Christians to pray for their brothers   
   and sisters and support their continued peaceful witness in the Holy Land. In   
   the light of their recent public interventions, they also discussed the need to   
   promote a courageous and generous engagement in the field of justice and peace,   
   especially the needs of the poor, urging international leadership to fight   
   hunger and disease.   
      
   "Following their meeting they travelled together to the Palace of Westminster   
   and to evening prayer at Westminster Abbey".   
   PV-UNITED KINGDOM/VIS 20100918 (350)   
      
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