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Church live-tweets Anglican leader’s last Christmas sermon
The outgoing Archbishop of Canterbury gave his final Christmas Day sermon on Tuesday, live-tweeted by the Anglican leader’s office for the first time. Rowan Williams, who steps down at the end of December after a decade as leader of the world’s 80 million Anglicans, acknowledged in the sermon that the…
Anglicans to choose new Archbishop of Canterbury
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…
Tony Blair denies praying with George Bush
Former PM said he never prayed with Bush before the invasion of Iraq, but he did pray with the Salvation Army Tony Blair never did pray with George Bush before the invasion of Iraq, he said on Tuesday. “It wouldn’t have been a wrong thing, but it didn’t happen”, he…
Anglican leader urges goodwill to young people after riots
The archbishop of Canterbury dedicated his New Year’s message on Sunday to young people, warning they should not be demonised following a wave of rioting across England earlier this year. “Quite a lot of the images we’re likely to remember from the footage of the riots in the summer will…
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