This letter appears in today's Leicester Mercury (but not on its website)
Tell us of talks
It was an interesting First Person column by Ather Mirza (Mercury, February 22) regarding the discovery of Richard III.
The part of the story that fascinates me is that the Church of England is to reinter the remains of a Catholic king in a Protestant cathedral, presumably with a Church of England service.
Leicester is ell-known for its co-operation between religions, of which this must be a good example, so would not the negotiations that took place also be worth telling?
Patrick Trigg, Oadby
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Laudable church aim is quite impossible
John Burrows expressed a "dream" that a new Pope could empower inter-communion between Catholic and Protestant churches (Mailbox, February 21).
Indeed, this is a very laudable aim – but, as he realises, it is at present an impossibility, as Catholic and Protestant interpretations of Holy Communion differ so radically.
It would, therefore, be quite inappropriate for church members to receive something they do not accept or believe.
The outgoing Holy Father has made available a facility called the Ordinariat, which is a short-track for Anglican clergy to return home to the Catholic fold and by which many of the cherished Anglican traditions can be maintained, as long as essential Catholic teachings are accepted and upheld.
A significant number of clergy have used this facility in order to enter into full communion with Rome. Meanwhile, we can continue to pray for Christian unity.
Mark W Jacques, Quorn
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I have a dream about next Pope
Martin Luther King famously declared "I have a dream!". That dream was to unite black and white Americans as one equal family.
Well, I too have a dream. That whoever is elected the next Pope, will issue his first encyclical as follows: "That the distinction between Roman Catholic and Protestant be no more. For we are all Christians under God and thus, from this day forth, all Christians are welcome to take the sacraments at our churches."
It is sadly but a dream.
John Burrows, Humberstone
