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An Ecumenical Prayer Vigil took place on Friday, 11 October, in the Square of the Roman Protomartyrs at the Vatican, attended by Pope Francis and participants in the second session of the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops from 2-27 October 2024
Ecumenical Prayer Vigil on the occasion of the Synod 2024 (14 Oct 2024)

Members and staff of the IARCCUM Steering Committee during their meeting at Georgetown University
International Anglican-Roman Catholic Commission for Unity and Mission meeting in USA (4 Oct 2024)

IARCCUM members took part in a panel presentation at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. From left: Dr John Borrelli (Georgetown); Archbishop Donald Bolen (RC co-chair); Bishop Robert Innes (Anglican co-chair); Bishop John Bauerschmidt; Bishop John Michael Botean; Archbishop Samuel Enosa Peni
Anglican-Catholic Unity and Mission Commission meets in USA (4 Oct 2024)

Screenshot from the YouTube stream for the IARCCUM panel at Georgetown University
Walking Together in Faith and Mission: IARCCUM at Georgetown University (2 Oct 2024)

Members of the official Anglican–Roman Catholic International Commission pose for a photo during their meeting May 11-18, 2024, in Strasbourg, France. Archbishop Bernard Longley of Birmingham, England, center left, is the Catholic co-chair of the commission, and Archbishop Philip Freier of Melbourne, Australia, center right, is the Anglican co-chair
Anglican-Catholic dialogue examines churches’ ethical teachings (29 May 2024)

July ~ 2017 ~ Anglican-Roman Catholic news & opinion

Catholics, Anglicans complete work on church authority, communion
11 July 2017 • Persistent link: iarccum.org/?p=4142
Pope Francis greets Anglican Archbishop Bernard Ntahoturi, director of the Anglican Centre in Rome and the archbishop of Canterbury's personal representative to the Holy See, during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican

The Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission published its first document in 13 years on how both institutions can learn from each other in the exercise of ecclesial authority locally, regionally and globally.

The document, “Walking Together on the Way: Learning to Be the Church — Local, Regional, Universal,” is the first to come out of the third phase of the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission, known as ARCIC III, which began meeting in 2011. The Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity made the document public on its website July 2.

The latest agreed statement on how structures of authority support and promote ecclesial communion is considered a key element in understanding how discussion and debates are handled and decisions about ethics and “right” moral teachings are made, which will be the topic of the next document by ARCIC III.

The statement also represents a new methodology of “receptive ecumenical learning,” which, it says, seeks “to learn how the experience and structures of the other tradition might help them address their own questions and difficulties.”

The document explores the respective structures of the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion and identifies the challenges and difficulties each tradition faces at the local, regional and worldwide levels. It then asks what each tradition holds that might be transformative or beneficial and learned from the other tradition so as to better support the mission of the church.

“This task requires frank assessment, repentance, and the courage to look at ourselves honestly and learn from the other,” the agreed statement said.