{"id":62642,"date":"2026-04-27T23:13:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T21:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uccronline.it\/eng\/?p=62642"},"modified":"2026-04-27T23:27:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T21:27:59","slug":"pope-to-sarah-mullally-new-problems-between-catholics-and-anglicans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uccronline.it\/eng\/2026\/04\/27\/pope-to-sarah-mullally-new-problems-between-catholics-and-anglicans\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope to Sarah Mullally: \u201cNew problems\u201d between Catholics and Anglicans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-133458\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uccronline.it\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/leone_mullally.webp\" alt=\"leone mullally\" width=\"608\" height=\"319\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><i>Pope <strong>Leo XIV<\/strong> meets Archbishop <strong>Sarah Mullally<\/strong>, speaks of \u201cnew challenges,\u201d while affirming dialogue. <strong>Cardinal Koch<\/strong> recalls the Church\u2019s position on Anglican ordinations.<\/i><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Just a few hours ago, the <strong>meeting at the Vatican<\/strong> took place.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pope <strong>Leo XIV<\/strong> received <b><mark>Sarah Mullally<\/b><\/mark>, the first woman to lead the Church of England.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Pontiff emphasized the importance of <strong>ecumenical dialogue<\/strong> between the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion, while also implicitly highlighting the <strong>growing difficulties<\/strong> that hinder full unity.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>\u201cNew problems have arisen\u201d<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Addressing those present, <strong>Leo XVI<\/strong> <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/leo-xiv\/en\/speeches\/2026\/april\/documents\/20260427-arcivescovo-canterbury.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recalled<\/a><\/em><\/strong>: <i>\u201cWhile much progress has been made on some historically divisive issues, <strong>new problems have arisen<\/strong> in recent decades, rendering the pathway to full communion more difficult to discern.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He did not specify what these <strong>\u201cnew problems\u201d<\/strong> are, but <strong>doctrinal divergences<\/strong> certainly remain central, including the openness to women\u2019s ordination, which Pastor Mullally herself represents.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Pope also showed himself <strong>aware<\/strong> that <i>\u201cthe Anglican Communion is also facing many of these same questions <strong>at this time<\/strong>\u201d<\/i>, presumably referring to the <strong>schism<\/strong> that followed Mullally\u2019s appointment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Last month, we <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uccronline.it\/eng\/2026\/03\/09\/schism-among-anglicans-archbishop-of-canterbury-rejected\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">documented<\/a><\/em><\/strong> the <strong>rejection<\/strong> of the current Anglican Primate by a significant group of bishops and representatives of clergy and laity affiliated with GAFCON (Global Anglican Future Conference), culminating in the call to <i>\u201c<strong>refuse communion<\/strong> with those who promote false teachings.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Stay updated by <strong>subscribing<\/strong> to our new channels:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VbBFa0m9hXF1g4wrUT0z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-132039\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uccronline.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/whatsapp.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"74\" height=\"75\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/uccr_news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-132040\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uccronline.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/telegram.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"74\" height=\"73\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Differences must not hinder dialogue<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Pope nevertheless rightly reaffirmed the need to <strong>continue dialogue<\/strong> <i>\u201cin truth and in love,\u201d<\/i> stressing that <strong>differences<\/strong> must not prevent mutual recognition as <strong>brothers<\/strong> in the faith.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Quoting his predecessor, Leo XIV emphasized that <i>\u201cit would be a <strong>scandal<\/strong> if, due to our divisions, we did not fulfil <strong>our common vocation<\/strong> to make Christ known.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">An approach <strong>consistent<\/strong> with recent magisterial teaching and with the path begun after the historic meeting between Paul VI and Archbishop Michael Ramsey in 1966, which gave rise to a stable theological dialogue between the two Churches.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>\u201cAnglican ordinations are not valid\u201d<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On April 23, a few days before today\u2019s audience, <strong>Cardinal Kurt Koch<\/strong>, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, recalled the Catholic Church\u2019s doctrinal position on Anglican ordinations, as expressed in <i>Apostolicae Curae<\/i> (1896).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Interviewed by Daniel Beurthe, he stated that <i>\u201cthe Catholic Church <strong>cannot recognize<\/strong> Anglican ordinations, as decided by Pope Leo XIII. This applies <strong>regardless<\/strong> of whether the person ordained is a man or a woman.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The interview appeared in the paid version <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetablet.co.uk\/features\/christian-unity-the-long-view\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on <i>\u201cThe Tablet\u201d<\/i><\/a><\/strong> (not accessible to non-subscribers); the quotation was shared on \u201cX\u201d by <strong>Brendan Walsh<\/strong>, editor of the historic British Catholic magazine.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-133465\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uccronline.it\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/kocheng.webp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Leo XIV meets Archbishop Sarah Mullally, citing new Catholic\u2013Anglican challenges while affirming dialogue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":62643,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":178,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1519,1520,1981,2004],"class_list":["post-62642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-anglicans","tag-anglicans-catholic-church","tag-female-ordination","tag-sarah-mullally"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - 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