Anglican leader Rowan Williams to visit Roman Catholic shrineThe Archbishop of Canterbury The Archbishop of Canterbury is the main leader of the Church of England and by convention is also recognised as head of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The current archbishop is Rowan Williams. Rowan Williams  The current Anglicanism Collaboration of the Month isBook of Common Prayer The next collaboration will be selected on September 30, 2007. (Vote here) will on Wednesday become the first Anglican leader to visit the Roman Catholic shrine of Lourdes, his office said. The Church of England Church of England: see England, Church of. chief will preach at the International Mass at the invitation of the Bishop of Tarbes and Lourdes, Monsignor Jacques Perrier, Williams's Lambeth Palace said in a statement. His appearance coincides with the 150th anniversary celebrations at the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes The apparitions of Our Lady of Lourdes began when Bernadette Soubirous, a 14-year old peasant girl from Lourdes, when questioned by her mother, admitted that she had seen a "lady" in the cave of Massabielle, about a mile from the town, on 11 February, 1858, while she was gathering , in the southwestern French town, of what Catholics believe were apparitions of the Virgin Mary to French peasant girl Bernadette Soubirous. Along with his address at the International Mass, celebrated by His Eminence Cardinal Walter Kasper, president of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity, Williams will also take part in a pilgrimage of bishops, clergy and laity of the Church of England. Pope Benedict XVI  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. visited Lourdes, one of the world's most revered Christian shrines in the foothills of the Pyrenees, earlier this month and held a mass for the sick there.
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