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Catholics and Anglicans explore moves to reunite

Proposals to reunite Anglicans with the Roman Catholic Church 500 years after the Reformation split are to be published later this year. A 42-page statement from the International Anglican-Roman Catholic Commission for Unity and Mission is now being considered by the Vatican, where a formal response is being prepared.

The Episcopal Church in Scotland [sic], a member of the Anglican family, has autonomy over whether it decides to participate in any reunification. A spokeswoman said: "This particular international commission of theological exploration is not one in which the Scottish Episcopal Church has been involved. It is a good thing that churches engage in discussion and theological reflection, something which has been happening down the years."

A spokesman for Mario Conti, Archbishop of Glasgow, said: "Despite all the differences of opinion within the Anglican communion and between the Anglican communion and the Catholic Church, there remains an ecumenism of friendship which enables us to speak frankly to one another as we continue to explore what would need to be done to bring these two great communions together."

Full story at The Herald.