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Posted on 04/25/2026 4:57:03 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Mullally will meet the head of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics during a four-day visit starting Saturday, her first abroad since being enthroned last month as the Church of England's top cleric.
The audience comes 60 years after a historic meeting in 1966 between then archbishop Michael Ramsey and pope Paul VI, the first at that level since the Church of England was created in the 16th century, when king Henry VIII broke with Rome.
Relations have been steadily improving since although in 2016 their successors noted "new disagreements", particularly on the ordination of the women – making Mullally's visit a significant moment.
The 63-year-old former nurse, who is married with two children, is the first woman to lead the mother church of the world's 85-million strong Anglican community.
The first female Anglican bishops were appointed in the United States in 1989, and they have been allowed in the Church of England since 2014, although the issue remains divisive.
By contrast the Catholic Church has repeatedly rejected the idea of female priests, while male priests also cannot marry – with the exception of married Anglican priests who want to convert.
Campaigners for women's rights, who had hoped for progress under former Pope Francis before his death last year, welcomed the archbishop's visit.
"If a female archbishop comes to see him, it might give Pope Leo XIV pause for thought," Sylvaine Landrivon, spokeswoman for Catholic feminist association Magdala, told AFP.
"He might realise that women, who represent half of God's people, have the same abilities as men."
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She is not an archbishop despite what her “church” claims she is.
Placement of females in power positions is a form of punishment from God.
Mullally will use the pope’s referred pronouns.
I feel sorry for the Pope. He has to meet with high profile people he probably would just as soon give them a free ticket to go see a hockey game instead.
That’s correct.
True.
They should sprinkle Holy Water on each other to see who spontaneously combusts first...
Was not the Church of England formed because the Catholic Church refused to annul the Marriage of King Henry VIII?
AI copilot response:
Yes, the refusal of Pope Clement VII to annul King Henry VIII’s marriage to Catherine of Aragon was the immediate catalyst for the break with Rome and the formation of the Church of England, though the process was complex, driven by politics, and influenced by existing Protestant sentiment.
Yep, it wasnt even for a moral/doctrinal disagreement that other denominations cited.
Sarah: Nice meeting you. Love your gown.
Leo: Actually it’s my white cassock and mozetta cape. The Ditta Annibale Gammarelli shop staff has been keeping us Popes in style since 1798.
If Henry was smart he could have just cited David and Solomon, kings with multiple wives, and said hey, if it was good for them, its good for me. He had the resources to provide for their needs.
Heard that Michelle Obama, if David Axelrod’s closed door meeting with the Pope bears fruit, has arranged for a special gift of one of her favorite jock straps to be given as a gift to Sarah Mullally. Uncharacteristically, Michelle will have her staff wash it first.
Poor Henry missed the King James Bible by a hundred years.
Two heretics.
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