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CATHOLICS, ANGLICANS TO PRESENT JOINT DOCUMENT ON MARY

VATICAN CITY, MAY 13, 2005 (VIS) - 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., where the Commission last met and
completed its work on the document. Cardinal Walter Kasper is the president of
the pontifical council.

Pointing to relations between the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion,
the text notes: "Over the past two years, the Pontifical Council has been
concerned by the impact of recent developments in Anglicanism in North America
on our relations. The publication of 'The Windsor Report' and the communique
issued by the Anglican Primates on February 24 have sought to clarify the
direction (in which) the Anglican Communion wishes to move" and "have offered
new hope that our dialogue can continue to make progress towards the full
communion which has been its aim since it was first conceived in March of 1966"
by Pope Paul VI and then Archbishop of Canterbury Michael Ramsey.

The statement says, in an overview of recent developments: "In 2003, the
decision of the Episcopal Church of the United States of America to ordain as
bishop a priest in an active homosexual relationship, as well as the
introduction of a rite of blessing for same sex couples in the Diocese of New
Westminster in the Anglican Church of Canada, created new obstacles for
relations between the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion. As a result
of these actions and the uncertainty they created, the Pontifical Council for
Promoting Christian Unity agreed with representatives of the Anglican Communion
to put on hold the plenary meetings of the International Anglican - Roman
Catholic Commission for Unity and Mission (IARCCUM) while maintaining close
communication with the Anglican Communion Office and with Lambeth Palace."

"Faced with major tensions within the Anglican Communion, the Archbishop of
Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, established the 'Lambeth Commission', mandating
it to prepare" The Windsor Report, which was published in October 2004 and
"proposes various practical steps to situate the autonomy of Anglican provinces
more clearly within the interdependence of the Anglican Communion." Archbishop
Williams invited Cardinal Kasper to write a letter offering reflections on the
report and to come to London for conversations at the Anglican Communion
Office. On both occasions, Cardinal Kasper emphasized the importance of
clarifying both ecclesiological and moral issues related to the current
situation.

Following the publication of "Mary: Grace and Hope in Christ," IARCCUM will
resume its review of the work of ARCIC II, and present a synthesis of that work
to respective Anglican and Catholic authorities.
CON-UC/MARY:ARCIC/KASPERVIS 050513 (450)

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