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 Pope Francis, right, smiles with Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby at the end of Vespers at the monastery church of San Gregorio al Celio in Rome, Italy, Oct. 5. Photo: REUTERS/Tony Gentile
Common Declaration by Pope Francis and Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby
Pope Francis and Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby have said that they are “undeterred” by the “serious obstacles” to full unity between Anglicans and Roman Catholics.
In a Common Declaration, issued in Rome Oct. 5, the two say that the differences “cannot prevent us from recognizing one another as brothers and sisters in Christ by reason of our common baptism. Nor should they ever hold us back from discovering and rejoicing in the deep Christian faith and holiness we find within each other’s traditions.”
Video: Presiding Bishop speaks from Rome
Presiding Bishop Michael Curry speaks from Rome during a week when Anglicans and Roman Catholics are participating in a series of events to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the historic meeting in 1966 between Pope Paul VI and Archbishop of Canterbury Michael Ramsay.
 Women sit at the entrance of a house damaged by Hurricane Matthew in Les Cayes, Haiti. Photo: REUTERS/Andres Martinez Casares
Hurricane Matthew battering Caribbean, heading for Florida
Hurricane Matthew continued to churn north through the Caribbean on Oct. 5, slamming the Bahamas after battering Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Cuba the day before with torrential rain and 140-mile per-hour winds.
Many Episcopal Church dioceses, congregations and members have formal partnerships and informal relationships with Episcopal churches and institutions in Haiti, and they have been trying, sometimes in vain, to contact their partners.
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Bishop calls for prayer as Colombians says ‘no’ to peace accord
Colombia Bishop Francisco Duque is calling for prayer in the aftermath of an Oct. 2 popular vote in which voters narrowly rejected a peace deal that would have ended more than 50 years of armed conflict between the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC.
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Anglican and Roman Catholic bishops “sent out” for united mission
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and Pope Francis have commissioned 19 pairs of Anglican and Roman Catholic bishops from across the world to take part in united mission in their local areas. The bishops, selected by the International Anglican Roman Catholic Commission for Unity and Mission (IARCCUM) were “sent out” for mission together by the Pope and Archbishop from the same church were Pope Gregory sent Saint Augustine to evangelise the English in the sixth Century.
Canadian Primate responds to dissenting bishops over same-sex marriage
In a written response to a statement issued by seven Canadian bishops expressing their dissent from General Synod’s decision to move toward solemnizing same-sex marriages, Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, pushed back against several of the points they had raised.
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Massachusetts Episcopal bishops call for 48-hour election vigil
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