Sixty years since the Common Declaration
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Anglican Communion News Service
First published 26 March 2026
An ecumenical Morning Prayer in Canterbury Cathedral on 26 March marked sixty years since the Common Declaration of Pope Paul VI and Archbishop Michael Ramsey in 1966, which began formal relations between the Anglican Communion and the Roman Catholic Church and led to the founding of the Anglican Centre in Rome.
The day after her installation, Archbishop Sarah Mullally prayed with Cardinal Kurt Koch, who brought a greeting from Pope Leo XIV. She wore the ring that Pope Paul VI gave Archbishop Ramsey.