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Archbishop of Canterbury to meet Pope Francis in Rome Archbishop of Canterbury and Pope meet for first time
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The Archbishop of Canterbury and Pope Francis are due to meet for the first time since they became leaders of their respective Churches in March. The Archbishop of Canterbury is in Rome meeting Pope Francis for the first time since the pair became leaders of their respective Churches in March.
The Most Reverend Justin Welby's visit to Rome has been described as brief and informal, allowing the two church leaders to become acquainted. The Most Reverend Justin Welby's visit has been described as brief and informal, allowing the two church leaders to become acquainted.
The archbishop will makes a longer formal visit later this year. Pope Francis said they shared "many ideas" on economic and social justice.
The Roman Catholic leader in England and Wales, Archbishop of Westminster Vincent Nichols, will accompany him. The Roman Catholic leader in England and Wales, Archbishop of Westminster Vincent Nichols, is also on the visit.
The archbishop's visit will be an opportunity to explore shared interests such as social justice, conflict resolution and the ethical management of banking, and build a personal relationship that could benefit both churches. The archbishop's visit will be an opportunity to explore shared interests such as social justice, conflict resolution and the ethical management of banking, and to build a personal relationship that could benefit both churches.
BBC religious affairs correspondent Robert Pigott said there were reasons for optimism. Alan Johnston, the BBC's Rome correspondent, said the Pope spoke of the need to listen to "the cry of the poor", and ensure that they were not abandoned to the laws of the markets.
Anglicans 'needed' Not without pain
The Vatican has praised Archbishop Welby for working with Roman Catholic leaders in Britain to "safeguard" marriage and other Christian values.The Vatican has praised Archbishop Welby for working with Roman Catholic leaders in Britain to "safeguard" marriage and other Christian values.
Our correspondent said generally good relations between the Church of England and the Roman Catholics were marred by Pope Benedict's decision to help Anglicans to convert to Catholicism through the establishment of the Ordinariates in England and elsewhere to accommodate former Anglicans. The archbishop has spoken out against proposals for same sex marriage.
But when Francis was elected Bishop Gregory Venables, a senior Anglican cleric in the Pope's native Argentina who knows him well, reported that he had said his Church "needed" Anglicans and that an Ordinariate was "quite unnecessary". But in his Vatican address, the Pope described the relationship between the two churches as "long and complex, and not without pain".
That report prompted the head of the Ordinariate in England, Monsignor Keith Newton, to stress that the Ordinariates had been "established by the highest form of legal document" and were "a permanent feature in the life of the Church". The Pope touched briefly on tensions that arose when his predecessor set up a structure that helped unhappy Anglicans defect to Catholicism.
He thanked the Church of England for the "understanding" it had shown in the aftermath of this affair.