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Pope says churches must overcome differences at Archbishop of Canterbury meeting

The pair prayed together and exchanged gifts as they pressed for closer Anglican and Roman Catholic ties.

  • On Monday, Archbishop of Canterbury Dame Sarah Mullally met Pope Leo at the Vatican for a private audience, marking a significant step in Anglican-Roman Catholic relations.
  • Pope Leo told Dame Sarah the ecumenical journey is "complex," noting that while progress exists on historically divisive issues, new problems make full communion difficult to discern.
  • Accompanied by Archbishop of Westminster Richard Moth, Dame Sarah presented the Pope with honey from Lambeth Palace Garden and joined him for prayer in the Chapel of Urban VIII.
  • Dame Sarah pledged to "remain united with you in prayer" for peace and justice, affirming the King "valued his recent visit, especially the shared prayer and spirit of fraternity it embodied."
  • The leaders affirmed their common vocation amid global "inhuman violence, deep division and rapid societal change," while recent remarks from Donald Trump branded the Pope "weak on crime, and terrible for foreign policy.
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Pope says churches must overcome differences at Archbishop of Canterbury meeting

The pair met for a private audience, after which each delivered an address and prayed together.

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The Independent broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Monday, April 27, 2026.
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