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The Confirmation of Election ceremony legally confirming Dame Sarah Mullally as the new Archbishop of Canterbury, at St Paul's Cathedral, central London, Wednesday Jan. 28, 2026. (Jeff Moore/Pool via AP)
January 28, 2026, 7:39 pm
Sarah Mullally confirmed as archbishop of Canterbury, 1st woman to lead Church of England
Mullally’s selection highlights church’s continuing divergence from Catholic Church, where women cannot serve as priests at all
By DANICA KIRKA
Screen capture from undated video of the Al-Ahli Arab Anglican Hospital in Gaza City. (YouTube. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
July 9, 2024, 12:49 pm
IDF denies Episcopal Church claim it ordered evacuation of Gaza City hospital
Church says Al-Ahli medical center was ‘compelled’ to close amid evacuation of area; military insists it told Palestinian health officials there was no need to close hospitals
By Agencies and ToI Staff
An outside view of Christ Church Cathedral, Anglican Gothic cathedral in Montreal, Canada, June 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
July 5, 2023, 2:09 pm
Anglican Church of Canada finalizes removal of prayer wishing for conversion of Jews
Ratifying a decision from 3 years ago, church will replace prayer with one calling for ‘Reconciliation with the Jews’; local rabbi hails ‘milestone in Anglican-Jewish relations’
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Retired Church of England vicar, Rev Stephen Sizer leaves a disciplinary tribunal at St Andrew's Courtroom, in central London, May 23, 2022. (Dominic Lipinski/PA Images via Getty Images)
February 1, 2023, 12:58 pm
Anglican priest who pushed antisemitic 9/11 conspiracy barred from church until 2030
Stephen Sizer wrote thesis and several books opposing Christian Zionism, spoke at 2008 conference alongside Holocaust denier; ban includes time served
By David I. Klein
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby delivers his speech at the interreligious meeting 'Brother peoples, future land' organized by the Sant'Egidio Community at 'La Nuvola' (The Cloud) convention center in Rome, on October 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
April 17, 2022, 3:52 pm
Archbishop of Canterbury: UK plan to send refugees to Rwanda goes against God
Justin Welby cites ‘serious ethical questions about sending asylum-seekers overseas’ as he makes unusual political intervention during Easter sermon
By Jill Lawless
Illustrative: Detail from an 18th-century painting depicting blood libel in St. Paul's Church in Sandomierz, Poland. (public domain, Wikimedia Commons)
November 22, 2019, 4:12 pm
Church of England report admits Christian anti-Semitism helped lead to Holocaust
Work acknowledges ‘fertile seed-bed for murderous anti-Semitism in the modern era’; in afterword to 105-page document, chief rabbi slams evangelical attempts to convert Jews
By Robert Philpot
Illustrative: The Church of the Redeemer is an Anglican church and an important landmark in Toronto. (Roberto Machado Noa/LightRocket via Getty Images via JTA)
August 8, 2019, 11:52 am
Canadian Anglican Church to remove prayer for conversion of Jews
Liturgy to be replaced with text calling for ‘reconciliation with the Jews’
By JTA
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby holds a press conference at the Saint John Eye Hospital compound in the Christian quarter of Jerusalem's Old City on May 10, 2017. (AFP/Gali Tibbon)
November 22, 2018, 3:10 am
God’s gender? Not male, or female. Non-binary, says archbishop of Canterbury
”God is not definable,’ Justin Welby, who knows a thing or two about fathers, tells London audience
By ToI Staff
Justin Welby, the archbishop of Canterbury, talks to fellow Anglican leaders in Amman, Jordan, May 2, 2017. (AP/Sam McNeil)
June 22, 2017, 4:02 pm
Church of England head says it ‘colluded’ with sex abuse
Justin Welby takes church to task for ‘serious and enduring damage’ caused to young men abused by ex-bishop Peter Ball
By AP
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby holds a press conference at the Saint John Eye Hospital compound in the Christian quarter of Jerusalem's Old City on May 10, 2017. (AFP/Gali Tibbon)
May 10, 2017, 7:50 pm
Anglican head backs Trump’s Israeli-Palestinian peace effort
Justin Welby says he will pray for US president’s success, hopes dialogue with Hamas will be possible in the future
By AFP
Archbishop of Canterbury and head of the Church of England Justin Welby, center, visits the Dome of the Rock shrine in Jerusalem's Old City, on June 27, 2013 (Sliman Khader/Flash90)
March 25, 2017, 9:41 am
Archbishop of Canterbury to visit Israel in May
Justin Welby plans to hold interfaith events, visit holy sites in his first tour of region in four years
By ToI Staff
Stephen Bullivant discusses his book, “The Trinity: How Not to be a Heretic.” Hosted by Doug Keck, March 2016 (YouTube screenshot)
May 24, 2016, 4:42 pm
Christians in England, Wales now outnumbered by people of no religion
Churches steadily losing members, study finds, as number of unaffiliated citizens grows
By Daniel Douek
Greek Orthodox Christian pilgrims walk by a sign warning of mines as they take part in a traditional Epiphany baptism ceremony, at Qasr el Yahud on January 18, 2011. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
May 16, 2016, 12:20 pm
Jesus’s baptismal site, long sealed off, to be cleared of landmines
Churches at Qasr al-Yahud have languished behind barbed wire for five decades; now a UK anti-mine group plans to rid area of 4,000 explosives, giving pilgrims access
By ToI Staff
Republican presidential candidate John Kasich eats pickles while having lunch at PJ Bernstein's Deli Restaurant on April 16, 2016 in New York City.(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images/AFP)
April 19, 2016, 5:25 am
John Kasich talks faith, not politics, at NY synagogue
Republican candidate tells Orthodox congregation religion helped him forgive the drunk driver who killed his parents
By JTA
The Prince of Wales speaks with the Archbishop of Canterbury, The Most Reverend Justin Welby following his Enthronement at Canterbury Cathedral. (AP Photo/Chris Ison, Pool)
April 9, 2016, 6:44 am
Archbishop of Canterbury finds his dad was Churchill’s secretary, not a Jewish alcoholic
Justin Welby, leader of world’s 85 million Anglicans, discovers his biological father was Sir Anthony Montague Browne, not the whisky salesman Gavin Welby who raised him
By AFP and ToI Staff
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