from Religion Media Centre
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Sarah Mullally, will meet and pray with Pope Leo today, on her four day pilgrimage to Rome. They will meet privately before giving addresses, but as Catherine Pepinster writes, the moment when the first woman to hold the office of Archbishop of Canterbury is alongside the Pope, will be “an extraordinary sight”.
Dame Sarah arrived on Saturday and has prayed at the Tombs of St Peter and St Paul, presided at a service at All Saints’ Anglican Church, and preached at evensong at the Episcopal church, St Paul’s Within the Walls. This was the first non–Roman Catholic church built within the walls of Rome since the Reformation, and the archbishop said it is a sign of Christian presence, that division is not the final word. She said that violence is “inflicted on innocent people” in conflicts across the globe, instead of making justice and peace a priority.
Sermon is here. Catherine Pepinster’s explainer on the visit is here.