Third phase of Anglican-Roman Catholic dialogue to commence in May

ENS
February 04, 2011

The third phase of the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC) will commence in May when its new members will meet for the first time at the Monastery of Bose in northern Italy.
The eighteen members, including four women and four lay people, appointed to the commission will grapple with questions regarding the church as communion, local and universal, and how the church comes to discern right ethical teaching.

The dialogue commences amid differences between the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches concerning the ordination of women and human sexuality issues.

In a recent controversial move, the Vatican developed provisions that enable former and disaffected Anglicans to enter full communion with the Roman Catholic Church while preserving elements of Anglican spirituality and liturgy. the rest