Benedict XVI's trip to Britain will feature strong ecumenical moments, but the focus will be more on what Christians can do together than on issues still dividing them, the Vatican's top ecumenist has said.
Archbishop Kurt Koch, the new president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, said there were problems in the Anglican-Catholic dialogue, "but it is important to speak about what we have in common".
When Pope Benedict and the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, lead evening prayer together on September 17, he said, "the Christian communities will be challenged to work and pray together to ensure that the Christian message is confidently proclaimed so that faith can have a creative involvement in British life".
