Female ‘archbishop’ of Canterbury gives ‘blessing’ at St. Peter’s tomb with Catholic bishop present

LifeSite News ^ | April 27, 2026 | Andreas Wailzer

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Female ‘archbishop’ of Canterbury gives ‘blessing’ at St. Peter’s tomb with Catholic bishop present

Catholic Archbishop Flavio Pace made the Sign of the Cross as Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally performed a ‘blessing’ in the Clementine Chapel during a Vatican visit.

The female Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury has given a “blessing” at the tomb of St. Peter with a Catholic archbishop present.

A photograph of Sarah Mullally giving a “blessing” at the tomb of St. Peter in the catacombs underneath St. Peter’s Basilica has caused controversy online. The picture was taken on Saturday, April 25, during Mullally’s visit to the Vatican.

To the left of Mullally, the picture shows Archbishop Flavio Pace, Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, bowing his head and making the Sign of the Cross as though receiving a valid blessing from Mullally.

LifeSiteNews CEO and Editor-in-Chief John-Henry Westen wrote an X: “What [a] sacrilege! Right in front of the bones of Saint Peter, the first of the apostles, the fake ‘Archbishop’ gives a blessing while a Catholic Bishop bows.”

The Catholic Church does not consider the ordinations of the Anglican Church valid and, furthermore, teaches that it is impossible for women to be validly ordained priests or bishops.

Pace was present to accompany Mullally and show her around the Vatican during her visit, which culminated in a private audience with Pope Leo XIV on Monday.

“It’s hard to express just how wrong this is,” Westen wrote on X. “This woman – ‘Archbishop’ Sarah – is a mockery of Holy Orders and a walking falsehood. Yet she is officially paraded into the sacred Clementine Chapel of St. Peter’s Basilica to give a blessing… and tomorrow she meets with Pope Leo XIV. This is the same Pope who refuses to meet with the legitimate bishops and priests of the SSPX. Lord, have mercy on Your Church.“

Mullally has been described as “woke” over her support for the LGBT agenda and for having made pro-abortion comments in the past, which she has not retracted.

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TOPICS: Catholic; Current Events
KEYWORDS: ecumania; fakebishops; sacrilege

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“It’s hard to express just how wrong this is,” Westen wrote on X. “This woman – ‘Archbishop’ Sarah – is a mockery of Holy Orders and a walking falsehood. Yet she is officially paraded into the sacred Clementine Chapel of St. Peter’s Basilica to give a blessing… and tomorrow she meets with Pope Leo XIV. This is the same Pope who refuses to meet with the legitimate bishops and priests of the SSPX. Lord, have mercy on Your Church.“

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Ping

[drwoof]

Heresy.

[PGR88]

That sound you heard was St. Peter spinning in his grave.

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[If You Want It Fixed - Fix It]

what the hell was she blessing: he’s in heaven.

I give him my DOUBLE BLESSING!

[cowboyusa]

I kiss when the Church was a bulwark against Comminism.

[j.havenfarm]

I agree with the criticisms and my, she looks like such a goofball.

But for those interested in the archaeology, this: the post I responded to is accurate, but the article is sloppy. She is in the Clementine Chapel,
Not at the tomb. The structure you can see through the gold latticework above the altar is the backside of the marble and porphyry housing Emperor Constantine built to cover the tomb. The actual remains of Peter, in the wall
niche in which they were found, is behind and below that structure. They can’t be reached from the chapel side

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I thought blessings was reserved for Jesus to give.

[Honorary Serb]

Begone, fake “archbishop”!

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Archbishop John Denver.

[edwinland]

Anyone can give a blessing, even to God. c.f. the Gloria:

We praise you,
we bless you,
we adore you,
we glorify you,
we give you thanks for your great glory,