The Vatican’s Feting of the First Female Archbishop of Canterbury

The word “scandal” comes from the Greek skándalon, via the Latin scandalum, meaning a “stumbling block” — something that causes another to fall, especially in matters of faith and morals.

It was a term Pope Leo XIV returned to several times on Monday in his address to Sarah Mullally, the first female Anglican archbishop of Canterbury, during her four-day visit to Rome.

Disunity among Christians, he said, is one such stumbling block to proclaiming the Gospel. It would also be a scandal, he added, if Christians failed to continue working towards overcoming their divisions, however intractable they are.

All true. But there is another kind of scandal, arguably more serious in the quest for Christian unity: portraying something as true that is evidently not, and trumpeting it from the rooftops. ---More...

“There is another kind of scandal, arguably more serious in the quest for Christian unity: portraying something as true that is evidently not, and trumpeting it from the rooftops.”https://t.co/w397opQLL9 pic.twitter.com/BrFqKiGBs4

— Edward Pentin (@EdwardPentin)April 28, 2026

“There is another kind of scandal, arguably more serious in the quest for Christian unity: portraying something as true that is evidently not, and trumpeting it from the rooftops.”