” “An epoch-making meeting between Catholic and Anglican bishops, the very first one since the restoration of the hierarchy in 1850, which marked a turning point in the ecumenical journey. Representatives from the Catholic Bishops Conference of England and Wales and the Anglican "Bishops Hall" will meet at Hinsley Hall, Leeds, on November 14th and 15th to review the journey covered by the two churches. The idea occurred to the leaders of the two Christian religions, card. Murphy O’Connor, Catholic primate of England and Wales, and the Anglican archbishop Rowan Williams, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the epoch-making meeting between Pope Paul VI and the archbishop of Canterbury, Michael Ramsey, in Saint Peter’s in 1966. Forty years ago, for the first time after the Reform, Anglicans and Catholics prayed together in the basilica of san Paolo fuori le Mura and the Anglican primate received from the Pope his bishop’s ring, the beginning of a new theological dialogue between the two Churches. Since then, a lot of progress has been made by the International Commission Arcic for dialogue and by Iarcuum, the International Commission for unity and mission, which deals with pastoral rather than doctrinal issues.” “The meeting of Leeds is part of the plans of these two Commissions.” “
