Q440 – What are we, as lay faithful, supposed to think about Pope Leo XIV sending a letter to the first female Archbishop of Canterbury, Sarah Mullally, praising her installation, and Archbishop Flavio Pace receiving a blessing from her?

Interview Organization: Confraternity of Our Lady of Fatima

Interviewer Name: Christopher P. Wendt

Date: May 13, 2026

Bishop Schneider said Vatican gestures toward Lady Archbishop Mullally create confusion among the faithful regarding female ordination and Anglican ordinations. He argued the Holy See should use clearer forms of courtesy that uphold Catholic teaching, noting Pope Leo XIII and subsequent popes rejected recognition of Anglican ordinations and female ordinations.

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This is a huge confusion, and I think these acts contribute further confusion about the efforts within the Catholic Church to promote so-called female ordinations. By these signs, I think the Holy See is giving a very confusing message and recognizing, de facto, this female, not by ordination, but by treating this lady as an archbishop and using the titles. Even worse, in the Vatican, this archbishop received the blessing of this lady vested as a cleric, as a bishop. Therefore, I think all the faithful all over the world became very confused.

The Holy See should not do this and should have chosen other means, clear means of courtesy, but doctrinally clear that the Holy See is not accepting female ordinations and does not recognize ordinations in the Anglican Church as such, even male ordinations, as Pope Leo XIII already very clearly declared. Since then, all the popes have maintained this. So, I lament these gestures from the Holy See toward this so-called Lady Archbishop Mullally.

Question/ Title

Q440 – What are we, as lay faithful, supposed to think about Pope Leo XIV sending a letter to the first female Archbishop of Canterbury, Sarah Mullally, praising her installation, and Archbishop Flavio Pace receiving a blessing from her?

Q439 – What concrete advice would you give to traditional Catholics today on how to live as a domestic church?

Q438 – A woman who has had four C-sections has been advised that another pregnancy could be life-threatening. Can she licitly use natural family planning to avoid pregnancy in this situation?

Q437 – Is it advisable for the Roman rite in time to have infinite communion?

Q436 – Jesus tells us that unless we eat His Flesh and drink His Blood, we have no life in us. Why doesn’t the Catholic Church emphasize infant First Communion as it does infant baptism?

Q435 – In the U.S., bishops have dispensed some Holy Days of Obligation. Do they have the authority to do this, and how does that fit with the Church’s universal requirements?

Q434 – One of our daughters married another woman. They now have a baby boy born from the “wife” by artificial insemination. He is a beautiful healthy baby boy. Can he be baptized into the Faith? What should be done concerning his future?

Q433 – Are Enoch and Elijah in heaven with their bodies like Jesus and Mary?

Q432 – In Mary’s Seven Sorrows, did she know Jesus would rise from the dead when He was laid in the tomb?

Q431 – How can Catholic clergy who publicly promote heretical views still be considered part of the Church? Do they retain authority and jurisdiction, and are the sacraments they administer still valid?