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Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby speaks during a visit to the tomb of Oscar Arnulfo Romero in San Salvador, El Salvador, on June 4, 2024. (Marvin RECINOS / AFP)
November 12, 2024, 6:13 pm
Church of England head Justin Welby resigns over handling of sex abuse scandal
Welby had been under pressure after probe revealed he failed to tell authorities of prominent lawyer’s serial sexual and physical assaults on minors at summer camps over 50 years
By DANICA KIRKA
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby speaks in Jerusalem on October 22, 2023, with the family of Yosef Guedalia, who fell fighting Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023 (Lazar Berman/The Times of Israel)
October 23, 2023, 1:14 am
Archbishop of Canterbury: Accusing Israel of hospital blast is ‘blood libel’
Speaking in Jerusalem to families of killed and kidnapped, Justin Welby says no evidence of Israeli complicity in deadly explosion at Anglican hospital
By Lazar Berman
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby makes an address at Westminster Abbey, London, November 11, 2018. (Paul Grover/Pool photo via AP)
From the WebOctober 8, 2022, 11:12 pm
Archbishop of Canterbury ‘concerned’ by potential UK embassy move to Jerusalem
Spokesperson for Justin Welby says he’s worried about impact of moving diplomatic mission from Tel Aviv without a peace deal, Jewish News reports
Screen capture from video of a special Church of England ceremony to mark and apologize for the 1222 Synod of Oxford, held at Christ Church Cathedral in Oxford, May 8, 2022. (YouTube)
May 8, 2022, 9:18 pm
After 800 years, Church of England apologizes to Jews for laws that led to expulsion
Special service, attended by UK chief rabbi, marks anniversary of Synod of Oxford, aims to inspire Christians to reject contemporary antisemitism, archbishop of Canterbury says
By ToI Staff
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
Family members carry the coffin of South African anti-apartheid icon Archbishop Desmond Tutu during the requiem mass of Tutu at St. George’s Cathedral in Cape Town on January 1, 2022 (Nic BOTHMA / POOL / AFP)
January 1, 2022, 11:45 am
‘When we were in the dark, he brought light’: Funeral service held for Tutu
South African archbishop left instructions for a simple funeral with cheap pine coffin; will be cremated, then buried in church where he railed against apartheid from pulpit
By Agencies and ToI Staff
People gather around the giant Christmas tree outside the Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation in Israel's northern city of Nazareth on December 18, 2021. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
December 22, 2021, 8:30 pm
Israel’s Christian community is growing, 84% satisfied with life here – report
Pre-Christmas study finds high education levels, contrasts with warnings from Church leaders that ‘radical’ Israeli groups are driving Christians from Holy Land
By ToI Staff
A priest checks the damage after a man poured out flammable liquid inside the Church of All Nations at the Garden of Gethsemane, in East Jerusalem, on December 4, 2020. (Ahmad Gharabli/ AFP)
December 19, 2021, 11:33 pm
Jerusalem church leaders: ‘Radical’ Israeli groups driving Christians from Holy Land
Guardian of Christian holy places laments ‘unchecked, unpunished’ attacks, as archbishops blame Israeli settlers and security barrier; accusations draw protest from British Jews
By Stuart Winer
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby in Westminster Abbey, London, November 11, 2018. (Paul Grover/Pool photo via AP)
November 1, 2021, 8:31 pm
Archbishop of Canterbury apologizes for comparing climate change to Holocaust
Justin Welby had warned the unfolding crisis would ‘allow a genocide on an infinitely greater scale’ than Nazi atrocities
By AFP and ToI Staff
Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, president of the World Wildlife Fund, center, leads a procession with representatives of various religions from the convent to St. Francis's Basilica during an interfaith ceremony marking the end of the WWF 25th Anniversary Conference in Assisi, Italy, Sept. 29, 1986. (Giulio Broglio/AP)
April 11, 2021, 4:23 pm
Religious leaders recall Prince Philip’s spirituality, respect of world’s faiths
Among other projects, Duke of Edinburgh organized a 1986 summit where representatives of Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism and Hinduism pledged to protect the environment
By Jill Lawless
Jesus Christ supporting an English flag and staff in the crook of his right arm depicted in a stained glass window in Rochester Cathedral, Kent. (Wikimedia commons/CC BY-SA 3.0/Dlloyd)
June 26, 2020, 7:00 pm
Archbishop of Canterbury calls to reassess depictions of Jesus as white
‘You see Jesus portrayed in as many ways as there are languages, cultures and understandings,’ says Justin Welby amid criticism of portrayals of Levantine Jesus as European
By ToI Staff
Jewish worshipers pray at the burial site of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai in Mount Meron, in northern Israel, on June 21, 2020. (David Cohen/Flash90)
June 23, 2020, 6:37 am
To find meaning in a pandemic, top religious leaders offer ‘Coronaspection’
A project by a Jerusalem-based interfaith organization brings online reflections of prominent faith leaders, including the pope and European chief rabbis, on the virus
By Marissa Newman
Justin Welby, the archbishop of Canterbury, talks to fellow Anglican leaders in Amman, Jordan, May 2, 2017. (AP/Sam McNeil)
November 26, 2019, 12:37 pm
Church of England appears to back chief rabbi’s stand against Labour
In thinly veiled criticism of UK opposition party, archbishop of Canterbury says many British Jews feel ‘deep sense of insecurity and fear’ at prospect of Corbyn as next PM
By ToI Staff
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
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