Vatican

The Synod of Bishops, in the media spotlight as it discusses the family, is 50 years old this month.

“Archbishop Nichols has demonstrated clear leadership, personal holiness, and immense generosity.”

Pope Francis said he and Archbishop Justin Welby “will always have a particular reason to support one another in prayer.”

“All contemplating of God presupposes God’s own absorbed and joyful knowing of himself and gazing upon himself in the trinitarian life.”

Philippa Hitchen speaks with Msgr. Mark Langham, head of the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity, about progress in these dialogues and about the theme for this annual week of prayer.

Mary Tanner writes: “The Roman Catholic Church must give a convincing form to the Petrine ministry to make it possible for others to share.”

By David Richardson. What the Covenant has to offer the churches of the Communion is an instrument of unity and mission which, in good Anglican fashion, steers a middle path between centralism and juridical structures on the one hand and unfettered license and mutual irresponsibility on the other. But it does more.

By David Richardson What the Covenant has to offer the churches of the Communion is an instrument of unity and mission which, in good Anglican fashion, steers a middle path between centralism and juridical structures on the one hand and unfettered license and mutual irresponsibility on the other. But it does more.