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Article: Pope Paul's gift marked moving moment of ecumenical drama.(World)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- October 17, 2003
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When Paul VI famously gave his ring to the then-Archbishop of Canterbury Michael Ramsey on March 24,1966, there were no TV cameras to record the event, no photographers standing by. That's a pity, because the exchange marked one of the most moving chapters in the modern ecumenical drama.
Anglican Fr. John Andrew, however, was one of two witnesses to the exchange, and on Oct. 4 he told NCR the full story.
The night before, March 23, Paul VI had dispatched a member of the papal household to the Venerable English College on Via di Monserrato to find Andrew, who was then Ramsey's private secretary. The pope wanted to give the ring he had worn as cardinal ...