Pope Francis and Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury together charged 19 pairs of Catholic and Anglican bishops to return to their home countries and work together to promote joint prayer, joint proclamation of the Gospel and, especially, joint works of charity and justice.

"Today we rejoice to commission them and send them forth in pairs as the Lord sent out the 72 disciples," the Pope and archbishop said in a common declaration signed on October 5 at the end of an evening prayer service.