First female Archbishop of Canterbury to meet Pope Leo

New Archbishop of Canterbury Sarah Mullally, the first woman to lead the world's Anglican Christians, heads to Rome and the Vatican this weekend for an audience with Pope Leo XIV.

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HISTORIC MEETING: The Archbishop of Canterbury Dame Sarah Mullally smiles during the Enthronement Ceremony installing her as the 106th Archbishop, at Canterbury Cathedral in Kent, Britain, on March 25.

Ms Mullally is scheduled to meet the head of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics during a four-day visit starting yesterday, her first abroad since being enthroned last month as the Church of England's top cleric.

The audience comes 60 years after a historic meeting in 1966 between then archbishop Michael Ramsey and pope Paul VI, the first at that level since the Church of England was created in the 16th century, when king Henry VIII broke with Rome.