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Members of IASCUFO meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Participants in the IARCCUM gathering 'New Steps on an Ancient Pilgrimage' (October 2, 2016)
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The annual Informal Talks between the Anglican Communion and the Catholic Church were held in London this year
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IASCUFO members and contributors to the Nairobi-Cairo Proposals at All Saints’ Cathedral, Cairo during the plenary meeting of the commission
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Pope Francis and members of the Synod of Bishops on synodality attend the synod's final working session in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican
Final synod document is magisterial, pope says (26 Nov 2024)

August ~ 2024 ~ Anglican-Roman Catholic news & opinion

Understanding our past, Shaping our future: Reflections from Ireland in light of IARCCUM
1 August 2024 • Persistent link: iarccum.org/?p=5112 •
IARCCUM bishops from Ireland, Rt Rev Adrian Wilkinson, bishop of Cashel, Ferns & Ossory, and Most Rev Niall Coll, bishop of Ossory. Bishop pairs from 27 countries were commissioned by Pope Francis and Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby at the Basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls

Some historical background to the specific Irish context is helpful in elucidating the significance of advances in relationships between both Anglicans and Roman Catholics in the country, north and south, over recent decades. Such progress was underlined by the presence of two bishops, one from each tradition respectively, at the recent meeting of the International Anglican–Roman Catholic Commission for Unity and Mission (IARCCUM) held in both Rome and Canterbury. Before discussing the particular shape of that gathering, we will offer a brief sketch of some key elements of the Irish Christian experience—one in which recourse to physical force and violence has sadly been a recurring theme—to help readers appreciate better the journey in reconciliation and hope that is underway in our country.

Read the rest of this article in One in Christ 57, no. 1 (2024): 113-122.

Niall Coll is the Catholic bishop of Ossory and Adrian Wilkinson is the Church of Ireland bishop of the United Diocese of Cashel, Ferns and Ossory.