Rowan Williams to attend inaugural Mass for Pope - World - Times Online

Rowan Williams to attend inaugural Mass for Pope - World - Times Online: "The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, will be among the guests from the UK's Christian communities at the inaugural Mass for Pope Benedict XVI at St Peter's in Rome on Sunday.

Dr Williams will be the first serving Archbishop of Canterbury since the Reformation to attend the inauguration of a new Pope. He was also the first to attend a Pope's funeral, although in his retirement the late Michael Ramsey attended the funeral of Pope Paul VI."