The former Archbishop of Canterbury may not agree with professional atheist Richard Dawkins on much, but they align in their opposition to allowing Catholic schools to expand in the UK. Dr. Rowan Williams and Richard Dawkins were two of a
The Church of England’s most senior clergyman has attacked Brexit and told Britons they must welcome mass immigration in an extraordinary political opinion piece.
The archbishop of Canterbury has spoken out against “tyrannical and populist” world leaders in a Christmas message likely to be seen partly as a rebuke against US president Donald Trump.
LONDON (AP) — The Church of England “colluded” with and helped to hide the long-term sexual abuse of young men by one of its former bishops, the head of the church said Thursday. Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby apologized to
A new invitation for the British Royal Family to visit Israel for Balfour Declaration commemorations has been issued. It comes just days after UK media reported a previously-planned trip to the Holy Land had been binned by Whitehall bureaucrats.
In order for Israeli-Palestinian peace talks to succeed, a seat at the negotiating table may be needed for the Hamas terrorist group, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has warned.
Bridges need to be built between Christians and Jews to help fight the rising tide of global anti-Semitism, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, said during his current 12-day visit to the Holy Land.
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — The head of the Anglican Church met with Iraqi Christian refugees during a visit to Jordan in which he called on the region’s embattled Christians to remain in the Middle East, the cradle of their faith.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has suggested that the people who voted for Donald Trump and Brexit are a bunch of fascists.
The Archbishop of Canterbury has suggested that Brexit and the election of Donald J. Trump as U.S. president are symptomatic of a rise in nationalist, fascist politics globally.
Britain should teach all newly-arrived migrants that the UK is a Christian country in their citizenship tests, a former Archbishop of Canterbury has said.
A Brexit settlement which focuses only on economic considerations and fails to meet the needs of people will lead only to “division and despair”, the Archbishop of Canterbury has warned.
Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, has delivered a damning indictment of the European Union and Europe’s approach to tackling radical Islam, in a shock speech at the Catholic Institute of Paris.
The British government knows so little about religion that they think conservative evangelical Christians are as bad as Islamist extremists, the Archbishop of Canterbury has said. The Church of England’s most senior bishop said government officials often dismiss Christians as
For the first time in nearly 500 years, the Pope and the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury will join in public prayers Wednesday, an event that hasn’t taken place since the Church of England broke from Rome in the 16th century.
Children should be taught to understand the Jihadi mindset if they are to make sense of why people commit terrorist acts, the Archbishop of Canterbury has suggested. Speaking to an audience of headteachers, the most senior cleric in England’s state
Christians are partly to blame for “deeply entrenched” anti-Semitism in British society, the Archbishop of Canterbury has said.
More than 200 faith leaders have written to the government urging them to bring more ‘refugees’ to Britain. They have suggested migrants with family already in the UK be given priority as a way to make a start.
The most senior bishop of the Church of England has welcomed to his official London residence two Pakistani preachers who lead a campaign to celebrate the killer of a Politician who campaign to protect the nation’s Christians.
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The Church of England’s spiritual leader will house a family of Syrian refugees in a cottage at his official London residence, Lambeth Palace, from next month, a local councillor said on Wednesday. Archbishop of Canterbury
The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has slammed the referendum campaign, claiming it caused “an out-welling of poison and hatred that I cannot remember in this country for very many years.
The Archbishop of Canterbury was lured, during a Commmons Select Committee meeting, into making the anti-Nigel Farage comments by long-time Labour race-baiter Keith Vaz. While much of the media is enjoying reporting that the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby slammed
The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has confirmed that he is the illegitimate son of a one-time private secretary to Winston Churchill, after a newspaper reported the discovery late Friday. Welby, the most senior figure in the Anglican Communion consisting
Justin Welby, Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury (pictured), has warned Anglican churches in Africa that they could suffer “consequences” for their support of the outlawing of sodomy. Uganda, Burundi, Nigeria and Rwanda all have anti-sodomy laws, and Anglican leaders in Uganda
The Archbishop of Canterbury is facing the biggest challenge to his authority to date from within the Anglican Church, in a row on homosexuality which threatens to split the church. In a week’s time Anglican leaders from across the world
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby has spoken out against the forces of secularism, on the one hand, seeking to force religion out of the public sphere, and extremism, on the other, seeking to replace mainstream religion with a radicalised
The Archbishop of Canterbury has compared Syria’s refugees to Jesus as his rationale for offering a four bedroomed cottage in the grounds of Lambeth Palace to “one or two” Syrian families. The offer came after the Pope said he would
Religious leaders seem desperate to hide behind “bland statements of anaemic intent” about what they have in common rather than facing up to the “profound differences” between them, said Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, who called the practice “dishonest.”
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has cancelled his Christmas homily at the last minute. Lambeth Palace said that the archbishop is suffering from a “severe cold”, which he has had for several days, and decided this morning that he
