Pubblichiamo di seguito il telegramma di congratulazioni che il Santo Padre Giovanni Paolo II ha inviato all’Arcivescovo-eletto di Canterbury, M.R. Dr Rowan Douglas Williams:

THE MOST REVEREND DR ROWAN DOUGLAS WILLIAMS
ARCHBISHOP-ELECT OF CANTERBURY
ARCHBISHOP OF WALES AND BISHOP OF MONMOUTH
BISHOPSTOW STOW HILL
NEWPORT NP9 4EA

HAVING BEEN INFORMED OF YOUR APPOINTMENT AS ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY, I AM PLEASED TO EXTEND TO YOU MY CONGRATULATIONS AND TO ASSURE YOU OF MY PRAYERS. I HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW AND WORK CLOSELY WITH YOUR PREDECESSORS, ARCHBISHOP RUNCIE AND ARCHBISHOP CAREY, IN THE SHARED TASK OF PROMOTING UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. I AM CONFIDENT THAT, WITH GOD’S HELP, WE CAN MAKE PROGRESS ALONG THE PATH TOWARDS UNITY, IN ORDER TO EXPERIENCE ANEW "HOW GOOD AND PLEASANT IT IS WHEN BROTHERS DWELL IN UNITY!" (PS 133:1). I SEND MY BEST WISHES FOR YOUR NEW AND DEMANDING MINISTRY.

IOANNES PAULUS PP. II

[01232-02.01] [Original text: English]