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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Nicole Winfield

Archbishop of Canterbury joins Pope Leo for ‘moment of prayer’ during historic Vatican visit

Archbishop of Canterbury Dame Sarah Mullally met with the Pope in Rome - (Jordan Pettitt/PA)

The Archbishop of Canterbury made a historic visit to the Vatican on Monday for an audience with Pope Leo XIV, marking her first foreign engagement since becoming the first woman leader of the Church of England and spiritual head of millions of Anglicans worldwide.

Dame Sarah Mullally, whose appointment has caused divisions within the already fractured Anglican Communion, arrived early for her meeting with Pope Leo in his private library.

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