Pope Francis gives a gift to Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury during a meeting with Anglican primates in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican. The Pope’s gift to Archbishop Welby was a bronze icon of the Mother of God, in the style of the image in Santa Maria Maggiore before which Pope Francis prays before and after all his trips, Maria Salus Populi Romani. Photo: CNS/Vatican Media. (2 May 2024)
The Rev. Will Adam, deputy secretary-general of the Anglican Communion, presents a gift to Pope Francis during an audience with ARCIC-III. Photo: CNS/Vatican Media. (13 May 2022)
Anglican Archbishop Linda Nicholls, the Anglican primate of Canada and acting co-chair of the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission, speaks to Pope Francis during a meeting in the library of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican. Photo: Vatican Media. (13 May 2022)
Pope Francis kisses the feet of President Salva Kiir of South Sudan, at the conclusion of a two-day retreat at the Vatican for African nation’s political leaders. Photo: Vatican Media. (11 Apr. 2019)
On April 10 and 11, Pope Francis, Archbishop Justin Welby, and Rev. John Chalmers (Church of Scotland) led a retreat for the political and religious leaders of South Sudan. Photo: CNS/Vatican Media. (11 Apr. 2019)
On April 10 and 11, Pope Francis, Archbishop Justin Welby, and Rev. John Chalmers (Church of Scotland) led a retreat for the political and religious leaders of South Sudan. Photo: Servizio Fotografico/Vatican Media. (10 Apr. 2019)
On April 10 and 11, Pope Francis, Archbishop Justin Welby, and Rev. John Chalmers (Church of Scotland) led a retreat for the political and religious leaders of South Sudan. Photo: Servizio Fotografico/Vatican Media. (10 Apr. 2019)
Pope Francis attends an ecumenical prayer service at the World Council of Churches’ ecumenical center in Geneva in 2018. Responding in October to a WCC document on the nature and mission of the church, the Vatican said that while Catholics cannot share the Eucharist with other Christians, they can and should pray and work together. Photo: Paul Haring/CNS. Photo: Paul Haring/CNS. (2018)
Pope Francis greets Anglican Archbishop Bernard Ntahoturi, director of the Anglican Centre in Rome and the archbishop of Canterbury’s personal representative to the Holy See, during his general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. Photo: Paul Haring/CNS. (8 Nov. 2017)
Pope Francis greets Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby during a private audience at the Vatican Oct. 27, 2017. Photo: CNS/L’Osservatore Romano. (27 Oct. 2017)
Pope Francis greets Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby during a private audience at the Vatican Oct. 27, 2017. Photo: CNS/L’Osservatore Romano. (27 Oct. 2017)
Pope Francis greets Anglican Archbishop Bernard Ntahoturi, together with the outgoing director of Rome’s Anglican Centre, Archbishop David Moxon. (2 June 2017)
Pope Francis laughs during an evening prayer service at All Saints’ Anglican Church in Rome Feb. 26. It was the first time a pope has visited an Anglican place of worship in Rome. Photo: Maria Grazia Picciarella, pool. (26 Feb. 2017)
Pope Francis delivers a joint blessing with Orthodox Metropolitan Gennadios of Italy and Malta and Anglican Archbishop David Moxon, the archbishop of Canterbury’s representative to the Vatican, during an ecumenical prayer service to conclude the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome. Photo: Paul Haring/CNS. (25 Jan. 2017)
In this 2017 file photo, Pope Francis is flanked by Archbishop David Moxon, then the archbishop of Canterbury’s representative to the Vatican, and Cardinal Kurt Koch, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, as they arrive for an ecumenical prayer service to conclude the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome. Photo: Paul Haring/CNS. (25 Jan. 2017)