Less a Roman holiday, more an Italian job
Interview with Archbishop Rowan Williams

WHAT would be your definition of a successful visit?

A successful visit would be one in which, first of all, we simply got to know each other a bit; secondly, one which issued in some visible steps forward in the dialogue process, getting ARCIC [the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission] moving on a bit; thirdly, one which established a wide range of relationships with the Roman institutions, not just the Council for Christian Unity, working, for example, on how we collaborate, say, on the development agenda, because in Africa quite frequently the two Churches are working in the same general territory.
It’s going to be a full week in which we meet not just the Unity Council, but the Secretariat of State, the Congregation for Evangelisation, and the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

Are you aware that Rome is asking questions of you, too?

Yes, very much so. And I don’t know what they think a successful outcome would be. Quite clearly, the Communion will be under the spotlight; but, equally, I think I’d want to come back and say, the Communion is not just what you read on the websites: it’s also what happens in Sudan, in term of collaboration about secondary schools in Juba. the rest