The Roman Catholic Bishop of Plymouth, The Most Reverend Mark O’Toole, and the Anglican Bishop of Truro, The Right Reverend Tim Thornton, have been on a pilgrimage from Canterbury to Rome this week in a bid to help bring unity to the two churches.

Their visit marks the 50th anniversary of the visit of Archbishop Michael Ramsey to Pope Paul VI – which was the first such formal visit to a pope by a leader of the Anglican Church since the reformation.

Bishops Mark and Tim formed one of 19 ‘pairs’ from across the world who have been working together in preparation for the pilgrimage.