The race for Lambeth Palace

Sep 5, 2024 by

by Pippa Bailey, New Statesman: There is an ancient tradition in the Anglican Church of nolo episcopari, which roughly translates from the Latin as: “I do not want to be a bishop.” It is an unwritten, and largely unspoken, rule of...

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South Africa’s Chief Rabbi blasts Pope Francis and Archbishop of Canterbury over Middle East History and current w...

Aug 30, 2024 by

by David Virtue, VOL: Rabbi accuses Welby of Biblical ignorance and rejecting the Bible’s clear teaching on the land of Israel. The head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis and the head of the Church of England, Justin Welby have...

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South Africa’s Chief Rabbi criticises UK archbishop and the Pope

Aug 30, 2024 by

by  Jenni Frazer, Jewish News: Rabbi Warren Goldstein says two spiritual leaders acting against teachings of the Bible. The Chief Rabbi of South Africa has issued a fierce attack on the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Pope for what he...

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Justin Welby has gone off the Church of England reservation with little hope of return

Aug 22, 2024 by

by David Virtue, VOL: What started out as promising leadership for the Church of England and, by extension, the Anglican Communion, has devolved into a state of permanent dysfunction and dystopian nightmare. The Archbishop of...

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Political, not Spiritual

Aug 17, 2024 by

by Campbell Campbell-Jack, A Grain of Sand: The Most Reverend and Right Honourable Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, is no doubt a good hearted, kind and well meaning man. One can even feel sorry for him that it has fallen to his...

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Why can’t the Church say ‘church’?

Aug 16, 2024 by

by Giles Fraser, UnHerd: Justin Welby is an ecclesiastical embarrassment. Remember Consignia — that disastrous rebrand of the Post Office? It sounded more like a sexually transmitted disease or an obscure Roman battle than a postal...

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