Today's announcement of the Apostolic Constitution is a response by Pope Benedict XVI to a number of requests over the past few years to the Holy See from groups of Anglicans who wish to enter into full visible communion with the Roman Catholic Church, and are willing to declare that they share a common Catholic faith and accept the Petrine ministry as willed by Christ for his Church.
20 October 2009
On Friday 14 September, the Anglican Communion Office and the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity’s Information Service are releasing the definitive text of the report of the International Anglican Roman Catholic Commission for Unity and Mission (IARCCUM).
14 September 2007
Celebrating the completion of ARCIC's work on MARY has included launching the book on three major occasions.The Cathedral of St James (Roman Catholic) in Seattle, the Jerusalem Chamber of Westminster Abbey and on Trinity Sunday May 22 Roman Catholic Bishop Brian Farrell of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity presided at Vespers in All Saints Anglican Church
27 May 2005
The Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and the Anglican Communion Office announced in a communique today that the most recent report of the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC), entitled "Mary: Grace and Hope in Christ," will be presented on May 16, 2005 in Seattle, U.S.A.
13 May 2005
On behalf of the Anglican Communion worldwide, I extend sympathy to our brothers and sisters in the Roman Catholic Church as we join in mourning the death of Pope John Paul II
02 April 2005
The Director of Ecumenical Affairs at the Anglican Communion Office (the Revd Canon Gregory K Cameron) last month reported to the Joint Standing Committee of the Primates and Anglican Consultative Council (ACC) that the current Anglican-Roman Catholic dialogue had reached a significant milestone.
26 April 2004
The Anglican - Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC) met from 28 January - 3 February at the Palisades Retreat Center, Seattle, under the co-chairmanship of the Most Revd Alexander J. Brunett, Archbishop of Seattle, and the Most Revd Peter Carnley, Archbishop of Perth and Primate of the Anglican Church of Australia.
03 February 2004
The Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC) met from 26 August to 3 September at the Prieuré St Benoît et Ste Scholastique, Montmartre, Paris. The Most Reverend Alexander J. Brunett, Archbishop of Seattle, USA, joined the Commission as the Roman Catholic Co-chairman. The Anglican Co-chairman is the Most Reverend Frank T. Griswold
05 September 2000
Roman Catholic and Anglican bishops, paired from thirteen regions around the world, have begun their meeting in Canada in which they are reviewing and evaluating the accomplishment of thirty years of ecumenical relationship between Anglicans and Catholics in their areas.
17 May 2000
The 1700 Act of Settlement, which prevents the English Sovereign from being or marrying a Roman Catholic, is too difficult to amend, according to British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
21 December 1999