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justin welby

March 10, 2013

Bishops challenge government on benefit cuts for poorest

Over 40 Church of England bishops have signed an letter to the government in the media criticising its Benefits Uprating Bill as an attack on the poorest.
March 6, 2013

Faith in Conflict gathering strengthens churches' reconciliation commitment

The Faith in Conflict conference, which brought together representatives from across the country last week, is seen as a 'marker for the future of the church'.
February 18, 2013

Reconciliation post signals Archbishop's new direction

Canon David Porter, highly regarded for his conflict and change work in Coventry and in Ireland, has been appointed to a post at Lambeth Palace.
February 17, 2013

Archbishop of Canterbury faces 'a challenge for the imagination'

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby says that in his new role he is faced with “a challenge for the imagination”, reports the Anglican Communion News Service.
February 5, 2013

Archbishop Welby resists Telegraph-style grandstanding

Predictions that the new Archbishop of Canterbury would make a dramatic attack on the government over its marriage bill have proved wide of the mark.
February 4, 2013

What kind of leader will Archbishop Justin Welby be?

I have been commenting on the prospects Archbishop Justin Welby, who starts his new job this week, on BBC Radio 5 Live 'Morning Reports' (5am onwards), on Premier Radio, and on other news bulletins on 4 February 2013.
February 4, 2013

Justin Welby takes up his role as Archbishop of Canterbury

The current Bishop Justin Welby is being confirmed as the 105th Archbishop of Canterbury in a legal ceremony at St Paul's Cathedral today.
February 2, 2013

Welfare: Archbishop should seek justice, not charity

The day before he became Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby spoke at an evangelical church in Nottingham. His comments were summarised by the Daily Telegraph thus; ‘The welfare state cannot go on doing the job it has for the past 70 years and the Church should step in to fill the void, according to the incoming Archbishop of Canterbury’.
December 27, 2012

Welby's Christmas message sends out the right notes

Though the job he has in hand is widely regarded as impossible, the Archbishop of Canterbury-elect, Justin Welby, has done more than enough already to suggest that he has the capacity to nudge the Church of England through the decidedly choppy waters of change.
November 12, 2012

Justin Welby and the chances for change

Like millions of other people, I'm praying for Justin Welby as he prepares to take up his new job at Canterbury. I wish him all the best. As the media go over every detail of his life and beliefs, there is a danger that we put our trust in a new archbishop to save the Church. This would be a problem whoever had got the job.