Editing Rowan Williams (section)

==Ecumenism==
[[File:Rowan williams garegin ii IMG 2506.JPG|thumb|upright=1.15|Williams and [[Catholicos of All Armenians]] [[Karekin II]] at the [[Armenian genocide]] monument in [[Yerevan]] for a torch lighting ceremony for the genocide victims in [[Darfur]]. The two men are standing on purple cloth.]]
Williams did his doctoral work on the mid-20th-century Russian Orthodox theologian [[Vladimir Lossky]].<ref name="Williams 1975"/> He is currently patron of the [[Fellowship of Saint Alban and Saint Sergius]], an ecumenical forum for Orthodox and Western (primarily Anglican) Christians. He has expressed his continuing sympathies with Orthodoxy in lectures and writings since that time.

Williams has written on the Spanish Catholic mystic [[Teresa of Ávila]]. On the death of [[Pope John Paul II]], he accepted an invitation to attend his funeral, the first Archbishop of Canterbury to attend the funeral of a Pope since the break under [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]]. He also attended the [[Papal Inauguration|inauguration]] of [[Pope Benedict XVI]]. During the Pope's [[Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the United Kingdom|state visit to the United Kingdom]] in September 2010, the two led a service together at [[Westminster Abbey]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.westminster-abbey.org/press/news/news/2010/september/historic-abbey-service-for-pope |title=Historic Abbey service for Pope |publisher=Westminster Abbey|date=17 September 2010|website=Westminster-abbey.org |access-date=30 April 2011}}</ref>

Williams said in April 2010 that the child [[Catholic Church sexual abuse cases|sexual abuse scandal]] in the [[Catholic Church in Ireland]] had been a "colossal trauma" for Ireland in particular. His remarks were condemned by the second most senior Catholic bishop in Ireland, the [[Archbishop of Dublin (Roman Catholic)|Archbishop of Dublin]], [[Diarmuid Martin]], who said that "Those working for renewal in the Catholic Church in Ireland did not need this comment on this Easter weekend and do not deserve it".<ref name="guardian.co.uk">{{cite news|author=David Batty |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2010/apr/03/archbishop-canterbury-ireland-catholic-credibility |title=Archbishop of Canterbury: Irish Catholic church has lost all credibility |work=Guardian |location=UK |date=3 April 2010 |access-date=18 May 2010 }}</ref>