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April 28, 2026                   

(2Th 2:13-15)  But we ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, beloved of God, for that God hath chosen you firstfruits unto salvation, in sanctification of the spirit and faith of the truth: (2:13) Whereunto also he hath called you by our gospel, unto the purchasing of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. (2:14) Therefore, brethren, stand fast: and hold the traditions, which you have learned, whether by word or by our epistle.

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NEWS REPORT: Pope Leo XIV prays with Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally in historic encounter

Pope Leo XIV prayed Monday in the Vatican with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Sarah Mullally, and vowed to keep working to overcome differences "no matter how intractable they may appear," in a historic meeting with the first female leader of the Church of England and spiritual leader of the global Anglican Communion.  The encounter between Christianity's two most famous religious figures would have been unthinkable just a few years ago, given the divisions between their two churches over women's ordination in general and Mullally's appointment in particular.  Leo acknowledged that "new problems" in their relationship had been added onto "historically divisive issues." But he nevertheless vowed to continue the tradition of past popes to continue to try to reunite the churches.  Anglicans split from Rome in 1534, when English King Henry VIII was refused a marriage annulment.  Despite a formal theological dialogue that began in the 1960s, big differences remain, especially over the Church of England's decision to ordain women.  The Roman Catholic Church reserves the priesthood for men.

Leo quoted the late Pope Francis as telling Anglican primates that "it would be a scandal if, due to our divisions, we did not fulfil our common vocation to make Christ known."  "For my part, I add that it would also be a scandal if we did not continue to work towards overcoming our differences, no matter how intractable they may appear," Leo said.  Mullally is on what she has called a four-day pilgrimage to Rome that has included visits to the main pontifical basilicas, where she has prayed at the tombs of Saints Peter and Paul and met with top Vatican officials.

Lambeth Palace says her visit is designed "to strengthen Anglican–Roman Catholic relations through prayer, personal encounter, and formal theological dialogue.  It aims to deepen bonds of communion, affirm a shared witness, and encourage ongoing collaboration at both global and local levels."  The first female Anglican priests were ordained in 1994, its first female bishop in 2015, and now Mullally as the first archbishop of Canterbury.

George Gross, an expert on theology and the monarchy at King's College London, said Monday's meeting was historic, particularly given the Vatican doesn't recognize the female priesthood.  "If we were to go back several hundred years, it's unthinkable," he said.  "It's the fact that the pope is willing to meet, but in itself it also shows the difference, the gap."

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Mullally, like all her Anglican predecessors, does not possess valid orders.  She leads a community separated from Rome that has drifted further from Catholic teaching, particularly over the past sixty years since the historic meeting of Paul VI and her predecessor Michael Ramsey.  Her recent appointment as the first female archbishop of Canterbury only reinforces the judgment of Leo XIII in Apostolicae Curae (1896), which declared Anglican orders “absolutely null and utterly void.”

Yet throughout her visit, Rome received Mullally — who has described herself in the past as “pro-choice rather than pro-life” and supports blessings for same-sex couples — with an enthusiasm that conveyed precisely the opposite impression.  From the moment she arrived, Vatican officials rolled out the red carpet, extending courtesies that went well beyond diplomatic hospitality and included gestures laden with ecclesial significance.

Archbishop Flavio Pace, Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, permitted Mullally to give a blessing in the Clementine Chapel in St.  Peter’s Basilica – the very site of St.  Peter’s martyrdom and so a place where apostolic succession is visually and spiritually concentrated.  It was the first time a visiting archbishop of Canterbury has been given such a privilege, and Archbishop Pace bowed to receive her blessing.

She was welcomed at the major Roman basilicas, granted a private audience with Pope Leo XIV, for which the Vatican was quick to distribute photographs, and led a public “moment of prayer” with the Pope in the Chapel of Urban VIII in the apostolic palace, joined by Cardinal Kurt Koch, prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, and Archbishop Richard Moth of Westminster.

By publicly treating Sarah Mullally as a valid archbishop — allowing her to lead prayers with the Pope, bless a real archbishop in the Clementine Chapel, and officiate Anglican vespers in a historic Roman Church — the Vatican is serving to affirm her in her ecclesial “trans” identity and error.

But if unity is to be real, it must be grounded in truth.  Without that foundation, even the most gracious encounters risk becoming, in the end, the very stumbling blocks Pope Leo warns against, rather than steps toward communion.

EXCERPT SAINT POPE JOHN PAUL II: APOSTOLIC LETTER ORDINATIO SACERDOTALIS OF JOHN PAUL II TO THE BISHOPS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH ON RESERVING PRIESTLY ORDINATION TO MEN ALONE

4.  Although the teaching that priestly ordination is to be reserved to men alone has been preserved by the constant and universal Tradition of the Church and firmly taught by the Magisterium in its more recent documents, at the present time in some places it is nonetheless considered still open to debate, or the Church's judgment that women are not to be admitted to ordination is considered to have a merely disciplinary force.

Wherefore, in order that all doubt may be removed regarding a matter of great importance, a matter which pertains to the Church's divine constitution itself, in virtue of my ministry of confirming the brethren (cf.  Lk 22:32) I declare that the Church has no authority whatsoever to confer priestly ordination on women and that this judgment is to be definitively held by all the Church's faithful.

Invoking an abundance of divine assistance upon you, venerable brothers, and upon all the faithful, I impart my apostolic blessing.

Ladder of Divine Ascent excerpt: Step 7- "On Joy-Making Mourning"

7. Groanings and sorrows cry to the Lord. Tears shed from fear intercede for us; but tears of all-holy love show us that our prayer has been accepted.

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