(From our correspondents in Sydney) – "I cannot ignore there are still big, substantial differences between us", but "let this not be the first nor the last word we speak". The regard of the Anglicans to this morning’s inter-faith meeting was taken by the Anglican auxiliary bishop of Sydney, rev. Robert Forsyth, who greeted the Holy Father as a "brother" in Christian faith. The Anglican leader spoke of the Roman Church "as a rock amidst the rapids": "Were it not for Rome’s deep insistence on Christ as the sole saviour of the world, on the nature of God’s Trinity, on Christ’s divine nature, on the centrality and supremacy of the Scriptures and on the objectivity of Christian morality, the life of the other Christian Churches would be much more difficult". Then, with reference to the Pope’s wish that the Pauline Year may help "make progress towards the unity of Christians", rev. Forsyth pledged to pray "to grow together in truth and love". Even if the Anglican pastor fears that "the full unity of Christians will not be accomplished until the day on which we will know everything, even what we have completely ignored, when we will no longer see as in a mirror, but face to face".
