Leading Methodist Says Papacy Key to Christian Unity

(10 Feb 10 - RV) A three day ‘Harvesting the Fruits’ symposium at the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity concluded Wednesday evening with Vespers at the Papal Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls. One of the key participants in the gathering of leaders in the search for full visible unity among all Christ’s faithful was the Revd Geoffrey Wainwright, who teaches theology at Duke Divinity School in North Carolina and has been co-chair of the Methodist-Roman Catholic joint commission since 1986. He spoke with Philippa Hitchen…