"It is with great joy that we receive the news that a new Pope has been elected to shepherd us in the universal Church. And the first Holy Father from the United States! We lift him up in prayer as he takes on this tremendous responsibility. May God grant him the grace to shepherd us according to the mind and heart of Christ. I entrust his ministry to the maternal care of Our Lady, Mary Mother of the Church."
Relations between the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion have “been complex,” according to Pope Leo XIV as he met the new Archbishop of Canterbury, Sarah Mullally in the Vatican on Monday.