Is it the Church’s job to conduct a running political commentary?
Political statements by Church leaders during religious festivals have become almost as familiar as the liturgy. Bang on cue, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, used his…
Justin Welby can’t see that modern societies need borders to survive
Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, has declared the Government’s new immigration policy – in which some asylum seekers will be given refuge in Rwanda – an…
Easter Sunday morning UK news briefing: Today’s top headlines from The Telegraph
Welcome to your early morning news briefing from The Telegraph – a round-up of the top stories we are covering on Easter Sunday. To receive twice-daily briefings…
Unelected virtue-signallers like Justin Welby are out of step with the public on asylum policy
The rampant commercialisation of Christmas and its co-option long ago by non-believers as a pretext for partying, general excess and poor-taste television leaves Easter unchallenged as the…
There is nothing Christian about tolerating people smuggling
The Archbishop of Canterbury has called the policy of sending illegal immigrants to Rwanda morally wrong and unbecoming of a supposedly Christian country. Many will agree with…
How did Justin Welby’s much-hyped grilling of Tony Blair fail to mention the word ‘morality’?
“Post-9/11, I decided we had to be with America in this moment. You know, the whole issue to do with the use of chemical, biological weapons, development…
‘I couldn’t imagine what it was like to be normal’: Justin Webb and Justin Welby on their chaotic childhoods
At the end of the ’70s, Justin Welby left Cambridge to begin his career in Paris: ‘All the senior people said, “I can understand why you’ve come….
The Archbishop of Canterbury has bared his soul – and it doesn’t make for easy listening
Moving on to talk about Shafak’s experience of hatred – as a result of speaking out in Turkey about the Armenian genocide and her declaration of bisexuality…
Sorry Justin Welby, but rewriting our history should be ‘difficult’
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has shared his thoughts on the ecclesiastical court case concerning the request of Jesus College, Cambridge, to remove from its chapel…