Half of it was devoted to the dialogue about authority in the Church, with two agreed statements and an elucidation. 3 In 1994, American Roman Catholic and Episcopal bishops made a joint ecumenical pilgrimage to the Vatican at Rome, and to Canterbury in England. In 2000, bishops from the two churches met in Mississauga, ON, Canada, near Toronto. During the 20 th century, the churches have also adopted different policies on various matters related to human sexuality. This means, for example, Roman Catholics and Anglicans cannot receive the communion elements together.
Catholics believe in the existence of Purgatory as a place and state after death.
Anglicans do not. Catholics believe that the wine and wafer become the actual blood and body of Christ during the Eucharist. Anglicans do not. Catholics believe that the pope has authority over all of Christianity. It is the nature, jurisdiction and authority of that primacy that must be settled.