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Vatican cardinal says lack of shared communion his greatest regret

(ENI) — The recently retired senior Vatican official responsible for ecumenical affairs has said his biggest regret during his tenure in Rome is that he did not achieve an agreement on a common communion with Protestants.

            "Today, there is a lot of convergence. So, we got closer to each other but we could not achieve the final breakthrough. I regret it very much but you cannot push the issue," said Cardinal Walter Kasper, who retired July 1 as president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.

            "The main thing that I did not achieve is the sharing of Holy Communion," Kasper told ENInews in an interview...

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