Last weekend saw a visit to Rome by Julian Brazier MP, the first Roman Catholic to represent Canterbury in Parliament since the Reformation, who is an excellent bridge between our two communions – helped by having a wife who is not only an Anglican but a member of her Parochial Church Council (which is a labour of love if ever there was one). The last time I was in Canterbury was to watch the Vatican play the Church of England at cricket. Earlier in the year, the Anglican Cricket Committee’s humble factotum, Dr Serenhedd James – an honorary research fellow at St Stephen’s House, Oxford – visited Rome to explore the possibility of a return match. As he told the Church Times, his sojourn in Rome featured many lunches and dinners but did not result in a cle
28 May 2015, The Tablet
Letter from Rome
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