Has it been a rough week for the Pontiff? Yes. But King Chucky III is about to grant him massive relief as he confirms The Church of England’s latest choice for leader of the top spot.

King Chuck confirming the decision of the Anglican bishops to elevate Sarah Mullally to step into the role of Archbishop of Canterbury left vacant by her successor will be the last step in making her appointment official.

Before we continue, in fairness to global Anglicans, the Archbishop of Canterbury is not quite the Anglican equivalent to the Pope in Rome. Until recently, he was viewed as the spokesperson of Anglican Archbishops and the global Anglican Communion. Archbishops around the world rebuked the last Archbishop, even publicly calling him to repent and put his faith in Christ. Their latest letter reminded the Anglican Communion that they ‘can no longer recognize the Archbishop of Canterbury as an instrument of Communnion’ or ‘the first among equals of global primates’, and chastized her for failing to uphold and defend basic Christian doctrine. You can read their full response entitled ‘Canterbury Appointment Abandons Anglicans‘ for the fuller context.

Here’s an excerpt from the Church of England itself making the announcement:

His Majesty The King has approved the nomination of the Bishop of London, the Rt Revd and Rt Hon Dame Sarah Mullally, as the next Archbishop of Canterbury, Downing Street has announced.

The 106th Archbishop of Canterbury since Saint Augustine arrived in Kent from Rome in 597, Bishop Sarah will be the first woman to hold the office.

She will be installed in a service at Canterbury Cathedral on 25th March 2026.

Sarah Mullally has been the Bishop of London since 2018, the first woman to hold that role, and previously served as the Bishop of Crediton in the Diocese of Exeter. Prior to her ordination in 2001, she was the Government’s Chief Nursing Officer for England – the youngest person ever to be appointed to that role at the age of 37 – having previously specialised as a cancer nurse. Bishop Sarah has described nursing as “an opportunity to reflect the love of God”.

You might be asking… what’s any of that got to do with the Pope in Rome?

Technically nothing — except for that fact that it will give those of us who take an interest in questions where faith intersects with culture something new to talk about this week after Pope Leo XIV found himself in the center of not just one but TWO viral controversies in the span of a couple of days.

The first viral moment was when he praised Senator Dick Durban despite Dick’s full-throated support of abortion, and he made an unexpected claim about who is (and isn’t) really pro-life, and taking a swipe at Trump’s immigration policy in the process.

The issue is embedded in the reporter’s question to Trump’s PressSec, which she (herself a Catholic) manages to successfully navigate a question that was probably intended to trap her into saying something controversial.

The OTHER viral moment involved the Pope, Gover-nator Arnold and… a ceremony involving blessing a block of ice in the name of climate change, complete with an unusual ritualincluding some kind of a flapping of what looks a little like blue parachute material that is supposed to symbolize… something, that is punctuated by responsive…?

I dunno what to say about it. It’s there for anyone who wants to see for themselves.

I’m guessing even our readers who lean hard into the liturgical traditions will have time sorting out what’s really going on here.

Lucky for the pontiff that we have short attention spans and the last outrage is easily replaced by the latest one.

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