Anglican and Catholic bishops in talks on common Christian witness

Posted: Monday, November 17, 2008, 14:48 (GMT) Members of the Church of England House of Bishops and the Roman Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales are in London today for their second bi-lateral meeting on shared Christian witness. The meeting between the bishops is taking place at Lambeth Palace, the official residence of the head of the Church of England, Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams, and follows a similar meeting held in Leeds in 2006. The meeting will be chaired jointly by Dr Williams and the head of the Roman Catholic Church of England and Wales, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor. The bishops will join together in prayer and discussion as they reflect on the office and ministry of bishops as Christ’s disciples and the further development of the Churches’ shared Christian witness. Dr Williams and... [read full story]