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By Vatican Radio

Pope Benedict’s retirement was not such a surprise to the former Archbishop of Canterbury, who had discussed “the pressures of office” with the pontiff during their last meeting a year ago. Bishop Rowan Williams, now the Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge, told Vatican Radio that in a private meeting in the Vatican last March, the two Church leaders discussed “the promise of being able to do a bit more thinking and praying”. The former leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion also said he was aware that Pope Benedict was increasingly "recognising his own frailty”.

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The Archbishop of Canterbury has named the Right Reverend David Hamid, Suffragan Bishop in the Diocese in Europe, as the Anglican Co-Chair of the International Anglican Roman Catholic Commission for Unity and Mission (IARCCUM).

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From BBC News website

St Petroc's Church in Padstow will see Catholics and Anglicans worshipping together A church service will be held in Padstow on Monday with members of the Catholic and Anglican communities worshipping together.

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By staff writers, Ekklesia.co.uk

The head of the World Council of Churches has said that Hiroshima and Nagasaki are nuclear tragedies that must never be repeated.

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By Peter Jennings on Independent Catholic News

Archbishop Bernard Longley the Co-Chairman of ARCIC III shares his thoughts and hopes for this important new ecumenical dialogue during an exclusive interview with Peter Jennings, his Press Secretary.

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Communiqué Beuggen, Germany, November 12, 2010

The Anglican-Old Catholic International Co-ordinating Council (AOCICC) met in Schloss Beuggen, Germany from 8 to 12 November 2010. The Council welcomed Canon Dr Alyson Barnett-Cowan, Director for Unity Faith and Order at the Anglican Communion Office, as Anglican Co-Secretary.

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"Volcanic eruption won’t stop us working to bring Lutherans and Anglicans closer to full communion," says Commission co-secretary.

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The second meeting of the Anglican-Methodist International Commission for Unity in Mission (AMICUM) has taken place near Bath, England, 19-26 February 2010, hosted by the World Methodist Council, at the Ammerdown Centre. The Commission benefited greatly from the opportunity to visit and celebrate Holy Communion in the New Room in Bristol, and to see some of the historical memorabilia held in Wesley College, Bristol.

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An Urdu translation of 'Growing Together in Unity and Mission', the 2007 Agreed Statement of the International Anglican - Roman Catholic Commission for Unity and Mission, was formally launched at the Cathedral Church of the Resurrection in Lahore, Pakistan, on Friday 24 October.

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'Mary: Grace and Hope in Christ' an agreed statement from ARCIC - The Anglican -Roman Catholic International Commission is now available on the web site here

A pdf version of the book is also available to download here

Please credit Anglican Communion Office of Communications on any printed copies.

Please share with the editor ways in which the book is being used in your parish, deanery or diocese for future reference on ACNS and Anglican Episcopal World.

A sermon preached by The Most Revd Dr. Peter Carnley AO. Anglican Archbishop of Perth and Primate of Australia at the Cathedral Church of St. James in the Archdiocese of Seattle at vespers on Monday 16th May to celebrate the publication of the 'Seattle Statement' of the Anglican-Roman Catholic Theological Commission: 'Mary: Grace and Hope in Christ'.

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