University Rev , professor emeritus at Catholic University of Leuven Sr Teresa Okure, SHCJ, scholar-in-residence at Catholic Institute of West Africa Dr Paul Murray, professor at Durham University Dr Janet Smith, professor at Sacred Heart Major Seminary Anglican members: The Rt Rev Dr Christopher Hill, president of the Conference of European Churches The Rt Rev Nkosinathi Ndwandwe, Suffragan Bishop of Natal The Rt Rev Linda Nicholls, Bishop of Huron The Rev Canon Dr Mark McIntosh, professor at Loyola University Chicago The Rev Canon Dr Michael Poon, professor at Trinity Theological College, Singapore The Rev Canon Dr Nicholas Sagovsky, canon theologian at Westminster Abbey The Rev Canon Dr Peter Sedgwick, former principal of St. Michael's College Dr Paula Gooder, canon chancellor of St Paul's Cathedral Controversy ARCIC has met with some hostile reaction from Traditionalist Catholics. Although ARCIC had just completed the major document on Marian theology in 2003, Pope John Paul II suspended official talks between the Roman Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion, owing to the consecration of Gene Robinson, a homosexual man in a non-celibate relationship, as a bishop in the Episcopal Church in the United States. Moreover, the ordination of women, especially to the episcopacy, has repeatedly been questioned by the Roman Catholic Church leadership as harmful to Christian unity. Walter Kasper, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, put it this way: The ordination of women to the episcopate "signified a breaking away from apostolic tradition and a further obstacle for reconciliation between the Catholic Church and the Church of England." He also seemed more upset about the warring parties within Anglicanism: "He described the legislation for those opposed to women's ordained ministry in the Church of England as the 'unspoken institutionalism' of an 'existing schism.'" At the opening of the May 2011 meeting, British journalist William Oddie claimed that ARCIC activities were useless, as only the Catholic side had a clear agenda and described all ecumenical activity as leading to a dead end. The ARCIC III Co Chairmen replied saying each communion was formally committed to continuing this sacred task at the highest level. They referred to substantial common ground while acknowledging the existence of significant obstacles, but said they trusted in the power of the Holy Spirit to draw the two communions closer. See also Pope Benedict XVI and Ecumenism International Anglican–Roman Catholic Commission for Unity and Mission Timeline Notes References Further