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May 2, 2024

Meeting Anglican primates, Pope Francis talks about overcoming divisions

Pope Francis gives a gift to Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury, spiritual leader of the Anglican Communion, during a meeting with Anglican primates in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican May 2, 2024.

Unity within Christian communities and the unity of all the churches will grow only as believers draw closer to Jesus and learn to be honest in examining if they are listening to the Holy Spirit or to their own preferences, Pope Francis told leaders of the worldwide Anglican Communion.

Published in Vatican
November 13, 2019

Pope Francis meets with Anglican archbishop at Vatican

Pope Francis and Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury, leader of the Anglican Communion, meet Nov. 13, 2019, in the pope's Vatican residence, the Domus Sanctae Marthae. The Vatican press office said the pope and archbishop agreed they would travel together to South Sudan if political leaders there manage to fulfill their promise to form a transitional government of national unity within the next 100 days.

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis and Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury, spiritual leader of the Anglican Communion, said they would travel together to South Sudan if the country's leaders fulfill their promise to form a transitional government by late February.

Published in Vatican
September 17, 2015

Proposal to loosen Anglican Communion ties draws mixed responses

Pope Francis blesses Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury, spiritual leader of the Anglican Communion, during a private meeting at the Vatican June 16, 2014

A proposal to loosen the ties of the bitterly divided Anglican Communion drew mostly favourable reactions in Britain, while African prelates said they needed time to study the matter.

Published in Vatican
July 14, 2014

Former Archbishop of Canterbury supports assisted suicide bill

Lord Carey of Clifton, England, who served as Anglican archbishop of Canterbury 1991-2002, preaches during a service of Christian unity in the Anglican cathedral in Chester Jan. 19. Lord Carey said he would dissent from the Church of England's teaching a gainst assisted suicide and vote for a bill scheduled to be debated in the British Parliament.

CANTERBURY, England - Three leading Anglicans have entered an explosive debate about whether it is permissible for Christians to allow doctors in England and Wales to administer lethal doses of drugs to terminally ill patients given less than six months to live.

Published in International