Archbishop of Canterbury joins Pope in call for world peace

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Sarah Mullally, has joined Pope Leo XIV in calling for peace internationally.

The Pope has made repeated calls to the US and Israel to put down arms.

His latest comments got here while visiting Cameroon, which itself is facing an internal conflict. In his remarks, Pope Leo said, “The world is thirsting for peace … Enough of war.”

He urged people to reject what he called “the logic of war” and to construct relationships based on trust and openness.

In a separate statement, Mullally said she wished to face in solidarity with the Pope as her “brother in Christ” and called upon Anglicans worldwide to advertise “peace and justice throughout the world”.

She said, “As innocent persons are killed and displaced, families torn apart, and futures destroyed, the human cost of war is incalculable. It is the calling of each Christian – and of all people of religion and goodwill – to work and pray for peace. We must also urge all those entrusted with political authority to pursue every possible peaceful and just technique of resolving conflict.”

The Archbishop is on account of meet the Pope later this month in Rome, where the 2 are expected to wish together.

“Prayer just isn’t an escape from the world, nor a turning away from injustice; quite, it’s a turning towards God within the midst of it, confronting evil, in search of God’s will, and becoming instruments of transformation and peace,” she said. 

She reminded Christians of God’s Word which says that every one persons are made in God’s image, adding that it’s a Christian duty to “stand in solidarity with all that suffer” with compassion and love, just as Christ himself did for mankind.

Concluding her statement, Mullally called upon Anglicans “to affix with His Holiness in raising our voices for peace and justice throughout the world”. 

“Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace, blesses the peacemakers and calls them children of God. In a time marked by hatred, division, and violence, may we be steadfast in that calling – witnesses to hope, agents of reconciliation, and bearers of God’s peace in a wounded world,” she said.