Pope Benedict XVI was greeted warmly at Lambeth Palace this afternoon by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, before both gave addresses on the subject of Anglican-Roman Catholic dialogue in the United Kingdom.
The Pope and the Archbishop both spoke of the shared mission of the Anglican and Roman Catholic churches in the UK, both praising the developments in Anglican-Roman Catholic ecumenism in recent years.
After a heartfelt greeting, in which the Pope and Archbishop Williams kissed cheeks and embraced, Dr Williams opened with a speech praising Pope Benedict’s “consistent and penetrating analysis of the state of European society”, and said this analysis “has been a major contribution to public debate on relations between Church and culture”.
