The new Archbishop of Canterbury warned against “pinning hopes on individuals” to solve all of society’s problems in his first Easter Sunday sermon. Justin Welby said a “hero leader culture” in which all trust was placed in one person only led to false hope. Failing to recognise human failure in…
A commission is meeting on Wednesday to decide on a new Archbishop of Canterbury, the spiritual leader of the world’s Anglicans, ahead of Rowan Williams’ retirement in December. The three-day meeting of the Crown Nominations Commission faces a huge task to find a new Church of England leader who can…
Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, the spiritual leader of the world’s Anglicans, said Friday he will resign at the end of the year after struggling to maintain unity over women and gay bishops. After a decade at the head of the Church of England, Williams announced that he would take…