Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally meets with pope and prays at the Vatican

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Sarah Mullally, arrived astatine the Vatican connected Monday (April 27, 2026) for an assemblage with Pope Leo XIV, making her archetypal overseas sojourn since being installed arsenic the archetypal pistillate person of the Church of England and spiritual person of millions of Anglicans astir the world.

Archbishop Mullally, whose assignment has divided the already divided Anglican Communion, arrived aboriginal to conscionable with Pope Leo successful his library. Later, they were to spell to into the Urban VIII Chapel wrong the Apostolic palace for what the Vatican said would beryllium a “moment of prayer.”