Posts Tagged ‘Archbishop Welby’

UK Catholic and Anglican heads in first live Facebook event

Friday, June 3rd, 2016

The heads of the Anglican and Catholic churches in the United Kingdom produced their first joint Facebook Live video last week. Archbishop Justin Welby and Cardinal Vincent Nichols took part in an unscripted discussion from Lambeth Palace. They answered questions that came in and spoke on a variety of topics including Pentecost and prayer. One Read more

CoE primate learns who his biological father really is

Tuesday, April 12th, 2016

The Archbishop of Canterbury has discovered that his biological father is not who he thought it was. In the last month, Archbishop Justin Welby discovered that his biological father is not Gavin Welby, but rather the late Sir Anthony Montague Browne. This was revealed by DNA testing. Sir Anthony was Sir Winston Churchill’s last private Read more

Anglican leader warns against pretending all faiths same

Tuesday, May 12th, 2015

Religious leaders risk fuelling extremism by pretending that all faiths are basically the same, the Archbishop of Canterbury has warned. The Telegraph reported Archbishop Justin Welby saying faith leaders seemed desperate to hide behind “bland” and “anaemic” statements about what they have in common. This is instead of facing up to the “profound differences” between Read more