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...figure in this potential stale mate is Archbishop Runcie. He is probably willing to risk more for the sake of unity than any of his predecessors. In an exclusive interview with TIME, Runcie stuck to his view that "the Roman Catholic Church is overcentralized" but pointed to the usefulness of the papacy as "a focus for unity and affection" that was "given to Rome from the days of the early church." He believes Rome "can give a great deal to us in terms of doctrinal coherence." Runcie said that his central problem is this: "The idea [that] you have...
Perhaps underlying Runcie's long-term view for the future is a 1920s proposal by Belgium's Desire Cardinal Mercier that Anglicanism be "united, not absorbed." This would leave the Archbishop of Canterbury as patriarch of a group that would come under the papacy but retain control of its liturgy and canon law. Still, no sort of reunion-Runcie's flexibility aside-could occur without similar flexibility from Rome...
...emotional apex of the visit-and the most splendid ecumenical event of John Paul's reign. Greeted by Prince Charles and other dignitaries, the Pontiff took his place in a processional through the great West Door. Joining the symbolic march to the altar were Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Anglican primates, flown in from four other continents to participate. It was the first time any Pontiff was to worship in an Anglican cathedral...
...rite was symbolically linked to an almost forgotten age, when Britain had but one Catholic Church: the priceless Canterbury Gospels were ceremonially moved onto the altar. The volume had been presented by Pope Gregory I to Augustine, the first Archbishop of Canterbury, as he sent him to Christianize the eastern British Isles...
...from a visiting Spaniard, Juan Fernández y Krohn, 32. Police investigators soon confirmed that Fernández was, as he had appeared to be, a priest-but an archconservative one. He was ordained at the seminary of Ecône in Switzerland, the traditionalist bastion of French Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, a diehard opponent of the liberalizing reforms of the Second Vatican Council (1962-65), especially its modernization of the 16th century Latin Mass. Even Lefebvre, however, was not conservative enough for Fernández, who broke with the Ecône faction to join a French group called...