| Repository | Lambeth Palace Library |
| Level | File |
| Alt Ref No | CFR RC 8/1 |
| Extent | 92 ff. |
| Title | Relations with the Vatican: Contacts: Pope John Paul II |
| Date | 1978 |
| Description | Papers relating to the election and enthronement of Pope John Paul II, including: news of the election of Cardinal Karol Wojtyla and comments (ff.1-2, 7, 9); arangements for Anglican delegation, including Archbishop Coggan (ff.3-6,8, 10-13, 17-20, 92); copy of the Pope's homily, 22 October 1978 (ff.14-16); report by Canon Michael Moore on the Pope's inauguration (ff.21-24); correspondence between Pope John Paul and Archbishop Coggan, with preparatory drafts of initial letter (ff.25, 57-59, 64-69, 72-73. 86-89); report by G.A Crossley (British Legation to the Holy See) to the Foreign Secretary, David Owen, on the papal inauguration (ff.26-36); request from the Polish Catholic Centre, Ealing to Archbishop Coggan for a short piece on Pope John Paul II for a commemorative publication (ff.37-38, 40, 43-44); correspondence between Canon Eric Staples and Canon Moore about Archbishop Coggan's presence at the inauguration (ff.39, 50); text of speech of Pope John Paul II to the Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity, 18 Nov. 1978 (ff.45-47); discussion of whether the subject of Anglican Orders should be re-opened with Pope John Paul (ff.51-54, 91); correspondence between the Catholic League and Archbishop Coggan on the doctrine of infallibility (ff.55-56); arrangements for Dr. Harry Smythe's audiences with Pope John Paul (ff.61-63, 71); messsage for the Day of Peace, 1979 (ff.74-85). |
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| GB/109/17935 | John Paul II (1920-2005); Pope | 1920-2005 |
| 298 | Coggan; Frederick Donald (1909-2000); Baron Coggan; Archbishop of Canterbury | 1909-2000 |
| GB/109/12145 | Moore; Michael Mervlyn Hamond (1935-); General Secretary, Church of England Council on Foreign Relations | 1935- |
| GB/109/16873 | Crossley; Geoffrey Allan (1920-); diplomat | 1920- |
| GB/109/15010 | Catholic League; 1913- | 1913- |
| GB/109/12133 | Smythe; Harry Reynolds (1923-2005); Director, Anglican Centre in Rome | 1923-2005 |