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Not to be overlooked: Leo and Charles praying together

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For the first time in 500 years, the supreme governor of the Anglican Church in England and the head of the Roman See prayed together in an ecumenical service that employed both Roman and Anglican traditions. Here is the Vatican News report of the service.

Of course, many conservative Protestant leaders in England and Northern Ireland are upset.

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  • stetsonstetson Shipmate
    Was the Eucharist observed in a manner that would satisfy Roman Catholics?

    IOW did this qualify as a Catholic mass?
  • ChastMastrChastMastr Shipmate
    stetson wrote: »
    Was the Eucharist observed in a manner that would satisfy Roman Catholics?

    IOW did this qualify as a Catholic mass?

    The article says it was an ecumenical prayer service--Mass or the Eucharist are not mentioned.
  • stetsonstetson Shipmate
    edited 1:18AM
    ChastMastr wrote: »
    stetson wrote: »
    Was the Eucharist observed in a manner that would satisfy Roman Catholics?

    IOW did this qualify as a Catholic mass?

    The article says it was an ecumenical prayer service--Mass or the Eucharist are not mentioned.

    So, as far as we know, this coulda been just them singing a folk-mass Our Father together.

    (Or not. Just wondering about the definitional parameters of the term "prayer service". No need for anyone to answer, obviously.)
  • stetsonstetson Shipmate
    edited 1:17AM
    Unless anyone wants to reply further, I will end my tangent by saying that this service was probably something like what at Catholic high-school in the 1980s we called a "para-liturgy". (Usually held at lunch hour.)
  • stetsonstetson Shipmate
    Just reading through the article now. It seems Charles attended the canonization of John Henry Cardinal Newman in 2019.

    Oh, well. Good to see King Charles III continuing the legacy of his namesake, anyway.
  • ChastMastrChastMastr Shipmate
    stetson wrote: »
    Oh, well. Good to see King Charles III continuing the legacy of his namesake, anyway.

    Can you be more specific?
  • stetsonstetson Shipmate
    edited 5:08AM
    ChastMastr wrote: »
    stetson wrote: »
    Oh, well. Good to see King Charles III continuing the legacy of his namesake, anyway.

    Can you be more specific?

    I think Charles I was considered to be a little, shall we say, high on the candle?

    The comment was intended as a joke. I'm sure this prayer-summit is just Charles III trying to be a modernizer.
  • ChastMastrChastMastr Shipmate
    Ah, so from my point of view, in a good way.

    Hopefully the part about being a “modernizer” is meant as a good thing too, though I don’t tend to think of that term positively myself. I’d like King Charles to have something actively positive in his reign. But Leo seems like a very good Pope thus far regardless.
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