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Cardinal Willebrands on women priests: Memorandum to Primates of the Anglican CommunionBishop John HoweArchbishop of Canterbury’s Counsellors on Foreign RelationsTo the Primates The Anglican Communion Dear Archbishop, Below is a memorandum concerning women priests, and the view of Cardinal Willebrands which he wished made clear. Yours sincerely, John MEMORANDUM I was in Rome at the Secretariat for Christian Unity last November and we discussed, among other things, the ordination of women to the priesthood. My notes contain the following: "There was a message from Cardinal Willebrands that he had been reported by some Anglicans as saying that if women were appointed to the priesthood that meant an end to the Anglican/Roman Catholic joint striving for unity. The Cardinal wished…1975-12-31Texttext/htmlapplication/pdfhttps://iarccum.org/doc/677CFR-RC-52 (p. 4)https://iarccum.org/doc/677enAnglican documents : Letters & correspondence