The Tablet, based in London, reports that the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of Rome will meet later this month:
The Tablet has learned that the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, will be at the Vatican on 14 June to meet and pray with the Pope. It will be [the] first meeting of the new leaders of [the] Roman Church and [the] Anglican Communion.
Lambeth Palace confirmed that the archbishop would be travelling to Rome, accompanied by Mrs. Welby, for a “personal and fraternal” visit to Pope Francis. Further details of the encounter are still being worked out.
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Matthew Townsend is a Halifax-based freelance journalist and volunteer advocate for survivors of sexual misconduct in Anglican settings. He served as editor of the Anglican Journal from 2019 to 2021 and communications missioner for the Anglican Diocese of Quebec from 2019 to 2022. He and his wife recently entered catechism class in the Orthodox Church in America.
