“A CLEARLY fatigued Pope John Paul II yesterday warned the head of the Anglican Church of “serious difficulties” in their relations over ordaining gay priests as the two leaders met for the first time

“A CLEARLY fatigued Pope John Paul II yesterday warned the head of the Anglican Church of “serious difficulties” in their relations over ordaining gay priests as the two leaders met for the first time. Receiving Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, the frail pontiff stressed that “new and serious difficulties have arisen on the path to unity” within the Christian faith, a reference to the presence of openly homosexual priests in the Anglican Church.”