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by Murray White
A MAJOR ecumenical document, to be published next year will describe the moral values that Catholics and Anglictuas share which will provide a foundation for future dialogue.
In what is expected to he a positive statement of "common witness", the report discussed last week by the second AnglicanRoman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC II) is set to be completed in Venice in 1993.
The members of ARCIC, led by Bishop Cormac MurphyO'Connor of Arundel and Brighton and the Anglican Bishop of Birmingham, Dr Mark Sauer, have completed a revision of their draft statement of Morals, Communion and the Church during a ten-day meeting at St George's House, Windsor Castle.
Their dialogue came as the Archbishop of Canterbury was appealing to leaders of all Churches across Europe to work together to overcome longstanding differences and rivalries.
Dr George Carey said that ecumenical co-operation was "paramount". The ARCIC study of morals was undertaken in response to requests from both Catholic and Anglican authorities following the commissions last report, The Church as Communion, in 1989.
The commission, meeting for the first time since Dr Carey's meeting with the Pope in May, was not under any illusion that it had made any major breakthrough in progress towards Christian unity.
Following the downbeat response of the Vatican to ARCIC l's final report in December of last year. the commission also set about examining "the outstanding differences" which separate the two Churches, in particular the issues of Eucharist, ministry and authority.
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