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...open-air Mass, he told 300,000 cheerful but attentive listeners that, if unleashed, society's war machines today would make even the destruction of World War II pale in comparison. He spoke near the most renowned landmark in Coventry, England: the remnant of the bombed-out Anglican cathedral, left standing as a perpetual reminder of the horrors of war. The Pontiff painted a chilling picture of "people . . . under the shadow of a nuclear nightmare...
...Liverpool on Sunday, in the vast Anglican cathedral, John Paul was as emphatic as he has ever been about Christian ecumenism, linking peace and the desire for unity in a tight bond. "As Christians today strive to be sources of reconciliation in the world," the Pope said, "they feel the need, perhaps more urgently than ever before, to be fully reconciled among themselves. For the sin of disunity among Christians, which has been with us for centuries, weighs heavily on the church." He continued, "The restoration of unity among Christians is one of the main concerns of the church...
...Pope had returned to Rome, to rest and prepare for President Reagan's visit to him this week, observers were still reflecting on the stunning May 29 service in Canterbury Cathedral. It was then that John Paul and Robert Runcie, the Archbishop of Canterbury and leader of world Anglicanism, named a new commission to try to smooth over the tough remaining doctrinal and practical problems that stand in the way of reunion of the two branches of Christianity, in particular the Vatican's attitude toward the validity of Anglican orders and the question of the sharing...
...ecclesial unity according to the mind and heart of our Saviour Jesus Christ." In the cloisters after the joint service the two men sealed their pledge by grasping each other's shoulders in a bear hug-all this from a Pope who said he had never met an Anglican in his life until he and Runcie crossed paths during their tours of Africa in 1980. A top aide to Cardinal Hume, Monsignor George Leonard, later told TIME that the "depth and sensitivity" of the Pope's ecumenical diplomacy in Britain "exceeded everything imagined...
...significant level of Anglican reunification with Rome at present seems very remote, if not impossible. But the Pope and Archbishop may have begun a process that could undo the inertia. Aside from future reunification, the "dialogue of charity" among separated Christians, the Pope claims, may already be contributing to an atmosphere of world peace. As he said in Liverpool, "We have to resolve important doctrinal issues. Yet already mutual love, our will for unity, can be a sign of hope in a divided world...