Monday, November 06, 2006

Confirmed: Pope to meet Anglican, Greek Orthodox leaders
Vatican, Nov. 06

(CWNews.com) - The Vatican has confirmed plans for Pope Benedict XVI (
bio - news) to meet with Archbishop Rowan Williams of Canterbury, head of the worldwide Anglican communion, on November 23; and with Archbishop Christodoulos of the Greek Orthodox Church on December 14. Both appointments had been announced last week by spokesmen for the visiting prelates.

The Archbishop of Canterbury attended the Mass inaugurating the pontificate of Benedict XVI, and met briefly with the Pontiff after that ceremony. But his last official visit to the Vatican was in October 2003, for a private audience with Pope John Paul II (
bio - news).

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