Archbishop of Canterbury Interviews Pope Francis for Thy Kingdom Come

Christian Today ^ | 5/18/19 | Staff

[marshmallow]

Justin Welby has become the first Archbishop of Canterbury to interview a pope in a symbol of the warm relationship shared by the two Church leaders.

In a significant moment for relations between the Anglican and Catholic Church, the interview was recorded on the Archbishop's mobile phone during a recent meeting in Rome.

The recording was made for Thy Kingdom Come, a global movement of prayer between Ascension and Pentecost on June 9, and will be played at a major rally of Christians taking place in Trafalgar Square on Pentecost.

In a clip published in The Times and to Twitter, Archbishop Welby described Pope Francis as "extraordinary" and told people to listen carefully to the "utterly inspiring" message from him.

The mutual affection was apparent as the Pope in turn referred to the Archbishop as his "brother".

In the message, the Pope urged Christians of all denominations to pray for the Holy Spirit to come.

"Come Holy Spirit, this is the cry of all Christians on this day of Pentecost. Come Holy Spirit, the promise of the Father, the promise of Jesus that the Holy Spirit might enlarge and widen our hearts," the Pope said.

He continued: "We all have a problem and that is that our hearts tend to shrink, becoming smaller and closed."

He said the problem of closed-heartedness could not be solved by individuals but only by the Holy Spirit at work in them.

The second prayer was for God's kingdom to come, he said, adding that Catholics "want to tell you that we walk alongside you in this prayer, thy kingdom come."

[madprof98]

It’ll take the Holy Spirit to fix the mess this pope has created. As for the Anglicans, I’m not sure God Himself could fix their self-inflicted woes.

[ebb tide]

The second prayer was for God's kingdom to come, he (Francis) said, adding that Catholics "want to tell you (Anglicans) that we walk alongside you in this prayer, thy kingdom come."

But never the twain shall meet if Francis can help it:

"Proselytism is solemn nonsense, it makes no sense.

"The pluralism and the diversity of religions, color, sex, race and language are willed by God in his wisdom, through which he created human beings," the (Abu Dhabi) document said.

[faithhopecharity]

I once thought the RCC could somehow save the COE

now, maybe neither can help the other?

[ebb tide]

I once thought the RCC could somehow save the COE

Save it from what?

[faithhopecharity]

its most obvious (to me, anyway) errors...
or at least some of them...
especially in the morality arena where the holy scriptures have been, well, largely discarded?

but...I think maybe the answer will have to come either from the pews or from Above. it does not seem likely that the clerics are going to Drain the own Swamp?

we will see

[ebb tide]

So you're OK with Francis' "God wills the diversity of religions"?

And not, And all my things are thine, and thine are mine: and I am glorified in them. 11And now I am not in the world, and these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep them in thy name whom thou hast given me: that they may be one, as we also are.

[faithhopecharity]

Sometimes I only try to say one limited thing. Without it being extended to other considerations, even very important ones. In this instance, I was only dealing with the patent decline in clerical morality ( in various denominations). That’s it for now. I’m not up to a wider discussion of one against the other, or ecumenicalism, or how the various churches should be ranked or relate. Any of which are very important discussions to be sure. All I did now however was express a question about how any of us can help restore or strengthen basic moral teaching in the clergy. I hope to wake up tomorrow to read here that someone has the wisdom or insight how we can help do this Hope does spring eternal, we do live for hope after all. Thanks.