The International Anglican–Roman Catholic Commission for Unity and Mission (IARCCUM) is a commission established in 2001 by the

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and the

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as an official joint commission. IARCCUM exists in parallel with its theological counterpart

Anglican–Roman Catholic International Commission The Anglican–Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC) is an organization created in 1969 which seeks to make ecumenical progress between the Anglican–Catholic dialogue. The sponsors are the Anglican Consultative Council and the Pontifica ...

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IARCCUM's purpose is: * to facilitate the development of strategies for translating the degree of spiritual communion that has been achieved into visible and practical outcomes; * to promote and monitor the formal response and reception of the agreed statements of ARCIC; * to strengthen relations between ARCIC and national Anglican-Roman Catholic Commissions (ARCs), and between different national ARCs, providing support and resources in order to foster an exchange of information and practice; * to encourage Anglican Provinces and Roman Catholic Episcopal Conferences to establish ARC dialogues where they do not exist; * to encourage Anglican and Roman Catholic bishops to develop projects and programmes of joint witness and mission in the world. In 2000, Archbishop George Carey, then

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, and Cardinal Edward Cassidy, then President of the Vatican's

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, convoked a conference of

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and

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to discern the progress made in theological conversations since the 1960s, and whether closer co-operation could be developed between the two traditions. The result was IARCCUM, which has been meeting since 2001. In February 2007, it published the first fruit of its work, the report Growing Together in Unity and Mission,https://iarccum.org/doc/?d=32 Growing Together in Unity and Mission: Building on 40 years of Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue accompanied by two commentaries. IARCCUM’s work continues under the Co-Chairmanship of Bishop Donald Bolen and Bishop David Hamid.

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