HISTORIC MEETING ANGLICAN COMMUNION PRIMATES FROM AROUND THE WORLD: AUDIENCE WITH POPE FRANCIS AT THE VATICAN
In a historic meeting, Anglican Communion primates from around the world have attended an audience with Pope Francis at the Vatican, during the morning of May 2. The Pope shared words of encouragement and affirmation, in conversation with the primates. His address spoke about themes of synodality, church unity and the prioritization of relationships, Christian love and service. The Pope said: "Only a love that becomes gratuitous service, only the love that Jesus taught and embodies, will bring separated Christians closer to one another. Only that love, which does not appeal to the past in order to remain aloof or to point a finger, only that love which in God's name puts our brothers and sisters before the ironclad defence of our own religious structures, only that love will unite us. First our brothers and sisters, the structures later." Justin Welby, The Archbishop of Canterbury spoke of the Pope’s address and its significance to the Primates and the Anglican ...