“The papal audience at the Vatican comes in the 60th anniversary year of the first formal ecumenical statement between the Anglican and Roman Catholic Churches.”

“Pope Leo XIV met with the first woman to lead the world's Anglican Christians on Monday, the newly enthroned Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally, urging unity to evangelise more effectively.”

“The papal audience at the Vatican comes in the 60th anniversary year of the first formal ecumenical statement between the Anglican and Roman Catholic Churches, signed in 1966 at St. Paul's Outside the Walls basilica by Archbishop Michael Ramsey and Pope Paul VI.”

“The visit, part of what Mullally called a four-day pilgrimage to Rome, is her first trip abroad since taking up her groundbreaking role last month as the first woman to hold the role of the Church of England's top cleric.”

“Pope Leo XIV 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."”

“"While our suffering world greatly needs the peace of Christ, the divisions among Christians weakens our capacity to be effective bearers of that peace," the pope told Mullally and her delegation in an address published by the Vatican.”

“"If the world is to take our preaching to heart, we must, therefore, be constant in our prayers and efforts to remove any stumbling blocks that hinder the proclamation of the Gospel," he said, adding that "unity for the sake of a more fruitful evangelisation" had been a recurring theme throughout his ministry.”

“The pontiff cited progress between the two churches on "historically divisive issues" but said "new problems have arisen in recent decades," without give any specific details.”