The Archbishop of Canterbury said Christians across parts of the Muslim world are being deliberately attacked because of their faith. The Most Rev Justin Welby said that there had been more than 80 Christian “martyrs” in the last few days alone. He was speaking about the bombing of All Saints Anglican church in Peshawar, Pakistan, Read more
Describing his personal conversion experience, the Archbishop of Canterbury says he felt “a clear sense of something changing” but “I was desperately embarrassed that this had happened to me, like getting measles”. Since then, says Archbishop Justin Welby, there have been long periods with “no sense of any presence at all’’, but he has never Read more
The former Anglican Archbishop of New Zealand, David Moxon, has had his first meeting with Pope Francis. Moxon, who is now the worldwide Anglican Communion’s newly appointed ambassador to the Catholic Church in Rome, joined the new Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, in the meeting on Friday evening (NZ time). It was the first time Read more
Pope Francis and the new Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury have met for the first time, committing themselves to the search for reconciliation and unity between the Catholic and Anglican communions. The Pope gratefully recalled that Archbishop Welby prayed for him during the ceremony when he took possession of Canterbury Cathedral. “Since we began Read more
The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and Pope Francis will meet later today, Friday at the Vatican. This is their first meeting since beginning their respective ministries. The Papal audience will involve a time of private conversation, followed by addresses and a shared service of mid-day prayer. During the one-day visit, Archbishop Welby will also Read more
He worked his way into the upper echelons of society on both sides of the Atlantic, using a series of adopted personas. But when he died of a heart attack in 1977, alone in a flat in Kensington, his only son – the person closest to him at the end of his life – did Read more
Both the Archbishop of Canterbury and his newly-appointed successor are dismayed at the defeat of a proposal to ordain women as bishops in the Church of England. After hours of debate, the proposal for women bishops won the required two-thirds majority from the general synod’s house of bishops and house of clergy, but was four Read more
The newly appointed leader of the world’s Anglicans, Bishop Justin Welby, has acknowledged Catholic influences in his spiritual life and social thinking. Bishop Welby, a former oil executive who gave up a six-figure salary to become an Anglican priest, will succeed Archbishop Rowan Williams as Archbishop of Canterbury. During a news conference at Lambeth Palace Read more