Fig trees are part of the biblical landscape, but that isn’t the only reason why Archbishop Justin Welby gave Pope Francis a cutting from one that grows in the Lambeth Palace garden.The cutting came from a Ficus carica “White Marseilles” that was planted by the last Catholic Archbishop of Canterbury, Reginald Pole, in 1556. Pole is believed to have brought back the original from southern Italy. Fruit from the two trees, which grow against the wall of the Great Hall, are
19 June 2014, The Tablet
Fruits of dialogue
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